Check customs rules before you travel, post or import.
5,339 source-backed rules across 85 countries. 111 catalogued items. Sourced. Dated. Neutral.
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Countries
Full customs profile per country
Items
Categorised items with HS codes
Airports
IATA-keyed arrival info
Airlines
Carry-on + baggage + lithium
Scenarios
First trip, moving abroad, transit…
Trade routes
Bilateral lanes and origin rules
Compare rules
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Tools
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HS codes
Harmonized System chapters 01–97
Free trade agreements
USMCA, CPTPP, RCEP and more
Dangerous goods
All 9 DG classes in cabin + hold
Sanctions regimes
OFAC, EU, UN, UK OFSI
Recently added & updated
- updatedMerged the 2025 comparison guide into this one; the country comparison tables now render from the country records instead of hand-typed figures.2026-09-07
- addedPhases 1-12 (Bundles 80-110): canonical stats module + 5 new test families (130 tests total); coverage + source-health + 6 trust-policy pages; route-pair pages expanded to 10 sections with FAQPage JSON-LD; country pages gain 21 programmatic FAQs + top-item-rules block; reusable AnswerBox on rule pages; 12 new editorial guides (37 total); 6 client-side tools (border-risk, packing-list, parcel-form, commercial-invoice, incoterm-selector, document-checklist); homepage redesign + persona mega-menu nav + accessibility/print sweep; 17 new topic hubs + SoftwareApplication schema on tools; 6 /developers/* pages + SDK README/examples/tests; extended content-audit scoring with tier-1 enforcement; final QA pass.2026-05-19
- updatedBundle 76: HubFilter client-side search added to 9 hub pages — /pets, /drones, /cannabis, /vehicles, /firearms, /moving, /ftz, /tax-residency, /scams, /scenarios. Each filters by country / authority / persona / status via the data-filter-text attribute on row links.2026-05-13
- updatedBundle 75: 12 opengraph-image.tsx generators added for /pets, /drones, /cannabis, /vehicles, /firearms, /moving, /ftz, /tax-residency, /scams country detail pages + /importing/sanctions, /importing/dangerous-goods, /importing/ftas slug detail pages. All use shared renderTopicOg helper in lib/og-topic.tsx; 1200x630 PNG with country flag + title + brand strip.2026-05-13
- updatedBundle 74: JSON-LD WebPage schema added to /pets/[country], /drones/[country], /cannabis/[country] detail pages. Sanctions / dangerous-goods / FTAs detail pages already had LD. 10 detail-page types now emit structured-data for search-engine rich results.2026-05-13
- updatedBundle 73: re-verification + double-sourcing sweep. Added second sourceUrl to top 22 highest-traffic single-URL rules (top 5 destinations × top 20 items × traveling) drawing from category-specific secondary authority (FDA / DEA / ATF / TGA / HSA / MHLW / MHRA / TGA / etc.).2026-05-13
Recently verified rules
Alcohol / Spirits
🇨🇦 Canada
Must be imported through provincial/territorial liquor boards. Federal excise duty applies.
Tobacco Cigarettes
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Posting tobacco to New Zealand attracts excise duty and requires a commercial importer licence for trade quantities.
Firearms
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Strict prohibition on most firearms
Firearms
🇦🇺 Australia
Prohibited without import permit
Dairy Products
🇺🇸 United States
Most dairy restricted — some exceptions for hard cheeses
Seeds & Plants
🇦🇺 Australia
Prohibited without import permit and phytosanitary certificate
Latest guides
Duty-free allowances explained: what you can bring back, country by country
How personal duty-free allowances work: separate limits for alcohol, tobacco, and general goods value, how gifts count against them, and what happens when you go over. A comparison of the major destinations follows, drawn from each country's own record on this site.
Certificate of Origin: what it is, when you need it, how to get one
Certificates of Origin are the paperwork that proves where goods were made. Without the right one, you pay full MFN duty on shipments that would otherwise qualify for a free-trade rate. Here's how the system works.
Customs broker vs self-clearance: who clears your import, and why it matters
Should you hire a customs broker or clear your shipment yourself? Here's what each option does, what it costs, and the tasks you can't legally do without a licence.
Why this site is different
Every rule cites at least one official source. We do not sell shipping services, take affiliate commissions, or recommend carriers or brokers. When we don't know, we say "unknown" rather than guess.
Use the data
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