CUSTOMS
IMPORT REGULATIONS
Free to Import
Alcohol (restricted to travellers 20 years and over)
Tobacco (restricted to travellers 18 years and over)
One of the following:
- 200 cigarettes;
- 50 cigars; or
- 250 grams loose tobacco.
Currency
- Funds of more than US$20,000 or its equivalent must be declared to
Customs.
Other goods
- Personal clothing and effects not exceeding THB20,000 in value.
Prohibited
The following are goods which cannot be brought into the country.
- Obscene media such as literature and pictures.
- Pornographic materials.
- Narcotics, such as marijuana , hemp, opium, cocaine, morphine, and
heroin.
- Counterfeit and pirated goods, including currency and Royal seals.
Restricted
These goods are strictly regulated, and in most cases require a permit to be obtained
prior to arrival.
- Food and supplementary products may require a licence from the
Food
and Drug Administration.
- Drugs containing narcotics may require a permit from the
Narcotics
Control Division of the Food and Drug Administration.
- Antiques or objects of art may require permission from the
Fine Arts Department.
- Weapons, real or replica firearms, ammunition, explosives, and fireworks
may require a licence from the
Ministry of Interior.
- Controlled cosmetics must be declared.
- Wild fauna and flora may require permission from the
Department of
National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the
Department of Agriculture,
or the
Department of Fisheries.
- Endangered animals, plants, and their derivative products protected
under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
may require protected species permits. For further information, please visit
CITES.
- The import of pets is subject to certain restrictions. For further
information, please visit the
Department of
Livestock Development.
EXPORT REGULATIONS
Prohibited
The following are goods which cannot be taken out of the country.
- All items on the prohibited import list.
Restricted
These goods are strictly regulated, and in most cases require a permit to be obtained
prior to departure.
- Funds of more than US$20,000 or its equivalent must be declared to
Customs.
- Funds of up to THB50,000 may be exported from Thailand. Funds of up to
THB2,000,000 may be taken over the border to Vietnam and the Yunnan District
of China. Travellers to these areas must declare any amount over THB450,000
to Customs.
For further information, please visit
Thai Customs.