Guinea Bissau customs
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Free import
• Goods in personal baggage that are not for commercial use are duty-free up to a total value per traveler set by order of the Minister of Finance. Above that value, a flat 15% duty applies to the excess up to three times the limit; above three times the limit, normal customs duties apply.
• 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos (up to 3 g each) or 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco, or a proportional mix of these products.
• 2 L of alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
• 50 g of perfume and 0.25 L of eau de toilette.
• Medicines in quantities matching the traveler's personal needs.
• Minors receive no duty-free allowance for tobacco or alcohol.
Currency
• Anyone arriving from a country outside the UEMOA with cash or bearer negotiable instruments worth XOF 5,000,000 or more (in any currency) must declare them to customs at the point of entry.
• Non-residents must declare in writing, on arrival and on departure, foreign-currency cash and other means of payment worth more than XOF 500,000. Keep the declaration: you need it to take more than XOF 500,000 in foreign banknotes out of Guinea-Bissau.
• Residents of Guinea-Bissau returning from outside the UEMOA must sell foreign cash worth more than XOF 500,000 to an authorized bank or exchange office within 8 working days.
Prohibited
• Narcotic drugs
Restricted
• Firearms and ammunition need an import authorization from the Ministry of Finance, issued at the request of the Ministry of Defence.
• Radio transmitters and receivers need an authorization from the Ministry of the Interior.
• Medicines beyond personal use may be imported only by importers accredited with the Ministry of Health.
• Fresh meat and fish need a health certificate from the veterinary service.
• Live animals, including pets, need a health certificate. Protected species of animals and plants and products made from them need CITES permits.
• If the total value of the goods you carry exceeds XOF 200,000, they must be declared (detailed or simplified declaration) at the customs office where you enter the country.
• Goods in personal baggage that are not for commercial use are duty-free up to a total value per traveler set by order of the Minister of Finance. Above that value, a flat 15% duty applies to the excess up to three times the limit; above three times the limit, normal customs duties apply.
• 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos (up to 3 g each) or 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco, or a proportional mix of these products.
• 2 L of alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
• 50 g of perfume and 0.25 L of eau de toilette.
• Medicines in quantities matching the traveler's personal needs.
• Minors receive no duty-free allowance for tobacco or alcohol.
Currency
• Anyone arriving from a country outside the UEMOA with cash or bearer negotiable instruments worth XOF 5,000,000 or more (in any currency) must declare them to customs at the point of entry.
• Non-residents must declare in writing, on arrival and on departure, foreign-currency cash and other means of payment worth more than XOF 500,000. Keep the declaration: you need it to take more than XOF 500,000 in foreign banknotes out of Guinea-Bissau.
• Residents of Guinea-Bissau returning from outside the UEMOA must sell foreign cash worth more than XOF 500,000 to an authorized bank or exchange office within 8 working days.
Prohibited
• Narcotic drugs
Restricted
• Firearms and ammunition need an import authorization from the Ministry of Finance, issued at the request of the Ministry of Defence.
• Radio transmitters and receivers need an authorization from the Ministry of the Interior.
• Medicines beyond personal use may be imported only by importers accredited with the Ministry of Health.
• Fresh meat and fish need a health certificate from the veterinary service.
• Live animals, including pets, need a health certificate. Protected species of animals and plants and products made from them need CITES permits.
• If the total value of the goods you carry exceeds XOF 200,000, they must be declared (detailed or simplified declaration) at the customs office where you enter the country.