CUSTOMS

IMPORT REGULATIONS

Pets

Living Animals are treated as restricted goods, therefore, an import permit from

For further information, please visit the Department of Livestock Development.

Free to Import

Alcohol (restricted to travellers 20 years and over)

• 1 litre of alcohol.

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.

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.