Aduanas de Gabon
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Free import
• Tobacco: 400 cigarettes or cigarillos (2 cartons), or 125 cigars, or 500 g of smoking tobacco.
• Alcoholic drinks in limited quantities for personal use; check the current limits with Gabonese Customs.
• Personal jewelry up to 500 g in total.
• Personal clothing and linen, and a reasonable quantity of personal items such as cameras, a portable radio, a musical instrument, binoculars, camping and sports equipment, toiletries, and children's toys and video games. Customs officers decide whether a quantity is for personal use.
• Goods above these limits, or goods of a commercial nature, must be declared to customs on arrival and duties and taxes paid. Undeclared or wrongly declared goods are fined and may be seized.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of CFA francs (XAF) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash of more than XAF 5,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currency, with CFA francs and foreign currency added together), as well as cheques and other negotiable instruments of that value, must be declared to customs when entering the CEMAC zone.
• Non-residents who may want to take foreign currency out again should declare it on arrival: on departure they may take out foreign currency only up to the amount declared on entry.
• Travelers going from one CEMAC country to another may carry any amount of CEMAC banknotes and coins.
Prohibited
• Narcotics and psychotropic substances, unless covered by a medical prescription or certificate
• Counterfeit goods
• Pornographic material involving minors
• Waste, including radioactive waste
• Human organs, tissues, bones, cells and gametes
• So-called "fetish" or "gris-gris" products and unapproved traditional remedies
• Products of fully protected wild animal species
Restricted
• Firearms, ammunition and military equipment can be brought in only after specific formalities (declaration, licence, holding permit). Firearm authorizations are issued by the Ministry of the Interior; obtain them before you travel.
• Medicines for human or veterinary use need an import authorization from the Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines.
• Live animals and animal products need a veterinary certificate. Cats and dogs are admitted once the health formalities are completed: bring a veterinary health certificate and a rabies vaccination certificate.
• Wild animals (live or dead), skins and hunting trophies need prior authorization from the Water and Forests administration, on presentation of a veterinary health certificate. Species listed under CITES also need CITES permits.
• Plants, fresh fruit and flowers (with or without soil) need a phytosanitary certificate.
• Gold and precious stones may be brought into the CEMAC zone only with an authorization from the competent authorities.
• Tobacco: 400 cigarettes or cigarillos (2 cartons), or 125 cigars, or 500 g of smoking tobacco.
• Alcoholic drinks in limited quantities for personal use; check the current limits with Gabonese Customs.
• Personal jewelry up to 500 g in total.
• Personal clothing and linen, and a reasonable quantity of personal items such as cameras, a portable radio, a musical instrument, binoculars, camping and sports equipment, toiletries, and children's toys and video games. Customs officers decide whether a quantity is for personal use.
• Goods above these limits, or goods of a commercial nature, must be declared to customs on arrival and duties and taxes paid. Undeclared or wrongly declared goods are fined and may be seized.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of CFA francs (XAF) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash of more than XAF 5,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currency, with CFA francs and foreign currency added together), as well as cheques and other negotiable instruments of that value, must be declared to customs when entering the CEMAC zone.
• Non-residents who may want to take foreign currency out again should declare it on arrival: on departure they may take out foreign currency only up to the amount declared on entry.
• Travelers going from one CEMAC country to another may carry any amount of CEMAC banknotes and coins.
Prohibited
• Narcotics and psychotropic substances, unless covered by a medical prescription or certificate
• Counterfeit goods
• Pornographic material involving minors
• Waste, including radioactive waste
• Human organs, tissues, bones, cells and gametes
• So-called "fetish" or "gris-gris" products and unapproved traditional remedies
• Products of fully protected wild animal species
Restricted
• Firearms, ammunition and military equipment can be brought in only after specific formalities (declaration, licence, holding permit). Firearm authorizations are issued by the Ministry of the Interior; obtain them before you travel.
• Medicines for human or veterinary use need an import authorization from the Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines.
• Live animals and animal products need a veterinary certificate. Cats and dogs are admitted once the health formalities are completed: bring a veterinary health certificate and a rabies vaccination certificate.
• Wild animals (live or dead), skins and hunting trophies need prior authorization from the Water and Forests administration, on presentation of a veterinary health certificate. Species listed under CITES also need CITES permits.
• Plants, fresh fruit and flowers (with or without soil) need a phytosanitary certificate.
• Gold and precious stones may be brought into the CEMAC zone only with an authorization from the competent authorities.