Free import
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 227 g (half a pound) of tobacco.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: a duty-free allowance of wine or spirits. Customs does not publish the quantity online, so check it with Customs before you travel.
• Above the duty-free allowance, an adult may bring for personal use, not for sale, up to 5 pounds of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes in total, 4 gallons of spirits and 10 gallons of wine, paying duty on the excess. Larger quantities are treated as cargo.
• Items you bring only for use during your visit, such as a portable TV, radio or camera, are free of duty but must be declared. Customs may ask for a deposit to cover the duty until you take them out again.
• Declare to Customs everything in your baggage or carried with you that you obtained outside the country, and present all your baggage for examination. If baggage belongs to a family or group, all the owners must be present.
Currency
• Cash over XCD 10,000 or the equivalent in any foreign currency must be declared to Customs on arrival. Undeclared cash may be seized.
• The local currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD).
Prohibited
• Counterfeit coins, and coins or money not of the legal standard
• Food declared unfit for human consumption
• Indecent or obscene material, such as prints, paintings, photographs, books, cards, records or videos
• Matches containing white or yellow phosphorus
• Prepared opium and preparations of narcotic drugs for smoking, and pipes or utensils for smoking them
• Pen guns and other disguised firing devices, and tear gas cartridges
• Flick knives, switch knives, ratchet knives and similar knives with flying blades, and night sticks
• Fake stamps and equipment for making them
• Publications and articles associated with black magic, obeah, witchcraft or occultism
• Firearms and ammunition banned under the Firearms Act
• Goods banned by other Saint Vincent and the Grenadines laws
Restricted
• Firearms, ammunition, explosives and handcuffs need an import permit (written permission) from the Commissioner of Police, obtained before you travel.
• Radio and television transmitters, including walkie-talkies, need a licence from the Minister of Communications.
• Cannabis and other narcotic and psychotropic drugs, including controlled medicines, need a licence from the Chief Medical Officer. Carry prescription medicines in their original containers, labeled with your name, the date of issue and the pharmacy or hospital.
• Tear gas needs written authority from the Minister.
• Goods bearing the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines coat of arms or flag need approval from the Minister. Goods with designs imitating money need approval from the Comptroller of Customs. Goods with false or misleading trade marks are restricted.
• Endangered species of animals and plants and products made from them (such as ivory, turtle shell, black coral, furs of protected species, parrots, tree ferns and orchids) need CITES permits.
• Chainsaws need a licence from the Ministry of Agriculture.
• Live animals, including pets, need an import permit from the Animal Health and Production Division, Ministry of Agriculture, arranged before you travel. Meat and meat products also need an import permit. Contact the Ministry for the current health requirements (tel. +1 784 456 1410,
[email protected]).
• Commercial goods must be cleared on a customs declaration in ASYCUDA World, lodged by an authorized agent, with any import permits or licences required.