Free import
• For travelers aged 18 or older: spirits (including liqueurs) or wine up to 1 L, or wine up to 2 L.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, tobacco and snuff up to 250 g in total.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: perfume and toilet water up to 0.5 L in total, of which no more than 0.25 L may be perfume.
• Other goods for your personal or household use worth up to USD 2,000 per traveler, carried in accompanied baggage, if you have been outside Uganda for more than 24 hours. Gifts, goods for other people, goods for sale and goods belonging to a company are not covered. Declare the goods and show the purchase receipts in your name.
• Visitors staying up to 3 months may bring non-consumable goods for personal use during the visit (to be taken out again when they leave) and reasonable amounts of consumable goods and non-alcoholic drinks.
• Duty-free shop purchases count toward these limits. Goods to declare must go through the Red Channel; taxes assessed at Entebbe Airport must be paid within 2 hours, and dutiable goods for sale over 50 kg are sent to the cargo terminal for clearance through a licensed customs agent.
Currency
• Cash in any currency (including Ugandan shillings) and bearer negotiable instruments worth more than 1,500 currency points (about UGX 30,000,000) must be declared to Uganda Revenue Authority customs on arrival (Form D).
Prohibited
• Narcotic drugs
• Counterfeit money and counterfeit goods of all kinds
• Pornographic and obscene material in any media
• Used computers and laptops, used monitors, used refrigerators and used TV sets (customs may allow an item for your own personal use after checking it). Prohibited goods are seized; penalties include up to 5 years in prison or a fine of 50% of the value of the goods.
• Worn underwear
• Soaps and cosmetics containing mercury
• Plastic bags and other plastic articles thinner than 30 microns for carrying or packing goods
• Electronic cigarettes and shisha (water-pipe tobacco)
• Used tyres for cars and light commercial vehicles
Restricted
• Live animals, animal products, medicines, minerals, drones and wildlife items need prior clearance from the relevant Ugandan government agency.
• Dogs, cats and other animals need an import permit from the Commissioner for Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries), applied for in writing at least 7 days before travel, and an official veterinary health certificate in English from the country of origin. The animal is inspected on arrival.
• Drones need clearance from the Ugandan security agencies before they can be imported and flown.
• Firearms, ammunition and their parts need prior authorization from the Ugandan authorities.
• Endangered species of plants and animals and products made from them (CITES), including ivory, rhino horn and tortoise shell, need a permit.
• Psychotropic medicines under international control, unwrought precious metals and precious stones, genetically modified products and historical artefacts are also restricted.