Niger customs
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Free import
• Nigerien Customs does not publish duty-free allowances for travelers online. Declare to customs on arrival anything that may be prohibited or subject to duty or tax.
Currency
• Travelers may bring in CFA franc banknotes and foreign-currency means of payment freely, subject to the declarations below.
• 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 Niger.
• Residents of Niger 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
• Nigerien Customs does not publish a list of prohibited goods for travelers online. Check with the nearest Nigerien embassy before you travel if you are unsure about an item.
Restricted
• Nigerien Customs does not publish a list of restricted goods for travelers online. Before traveling with pets, plants, food, medicines, weapons or goods for sale, check the rules with the nearest Nigerien embassy.
• Nigerien Customs does not publish duty-free allowances for travelers online. Declare to customs on arrival anything that may be prohibited or subject to duty or tax.
Currency
• Travelers may bring in CFA franc banknotes and foreign-currency means of payment freely, subject to the declarations below.
• 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 Niger.
• Residents of Niger 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
• Nigerien Customs does not publish a list of prohibited goods for travelers online. Check with the nearest Nigerien embassy before you travel if you are unsure about an item.
Restricted
• Nigerien Customs does not publish a list of restricted goods for travelers online. Before traveling with pets, plants, food, medicines, weapons or goods for sale, check the rules with the nearest Nigerien embassy.