CUSTOMS

IMPORT REGULATIONS

Pets

• A permit is required to import live animals (including pets) in order to protect biosecurity in Kiribati.
• Your pet must have been free from disease during the six months immediately preceding the date of departure.
• They must not have been in contact with any infected or diseased animals during those six months.
• An official veterinary certificate must be accompanied with the pets, stating that the animals have been inspected within seven days of the date of departure and were found to be free of all symptoms of disease.

For more information, please visit the Kiribati Trade Portal website.

Free to Import

Tobacco (Restricted to travellers aged 21 years or older)

One of the following:

• 200 cigarettes;
• 250 grams of tobacco; or
• A combination of cigarettes and tobacco weighing not more than 250 grams.

Alcohol (Restricted to travellers aged 21 years or older)

Both of the following:

• 4 litres of wine; and
• 2.25 litres of alcohol other than wine.

Other Goods

• Goods for personal use up to a value of KID$200.

Prohibited

The following are goods which cannot be brought into the country.

• Base or counterfeit coins, currency or banknotes of any country.
• Articles of food intended for human consumption declared unfit for human consumption.
• Indecent or obscene goods.
• Animals, carcasses and hides prohibited by the Minister.
• Matches containing white or yellow phosphorous.
• Goods manufactured outside of Kiribati bearing the name or trademark of anyone in Kiribati, unless they indicate the country of origin.
• Prepared opium.
• Pipes and other utensils used in smoking opium or preparing opium for smoking.
• Goods bearing the National Emblem of Kiribati or any token or symbol resembling the National Emblem without authorisation.
• Fictitious postage stamps and anything capable of making fictitious postage stamps.
• Knives.
• Solid contraptions that are made to be gripped in the fist or fitted to or over one or more fingers, equipped with any projection or striking surface, and made or adapted for causing injury to the person.
• Imitation firearms.
• Gambling machines.

Restricted

These goods are strictly regulated, and in most cases require a permit to be obtained prior to arrival.

• Absolute alcohol.
• Ethyl Alcohol.
• Earth, soil, loam, sand, mud, dust, clay, ashes and similar substances.

For further information, please visit the Kiribati Ministry of Finance & Economic Development.