Changelog — page 3
Older additions, updates, and corrections. Most recent changes are on the main changelog.
45 changes
- updatedPenalties populated on 24 prohibited rules with documented statutory ranges; enforcement classification added to 43 additional rules.
- updatedSecond sourceUrl added to 37 high-traffic single-source traveling rules across US, UK, AU, CA, JP, SG, DE, FR.
- updatedNext 25 thinnest rule bodies expanded to 300+ chars with sourced detail and enforcement classification.
- updatednotableRulesIds populated on all 9 carriers (54 cross-references). Each carrier page can now surface a Notable rule pairings block.View →
- updatedPhase-1 v2 fields populated: localScriptName on all 35 countries, topInboundOriginCountries on all 35, landBorders on 26, regulatory timeline on 10 high-change countries (UK, AU, SA, MX, JP, SG, NZ, IN, CN, EG).View →
- updatedConfidence level and confidenceReasoning populated on 75 high-traffic traveling rules spanning alcohol, vaping, CBD, tobacco, cash, gold, drones, ammunition, codeine, and adderall across 16 top destinations.
- updatedTransit exception data populated on 40 rules covering key transit hubs (DXB, SIN, HKG, IST) for vaping, CBD, ammunition, controlled medications, cash, and other restricted items — distinguishing airside transit from full importation.
- updatedAt-airport step-by-step procedures added to 35 restricted/prohibited traveling rules, including vaping bans (Thailand, Singapore, UAE), CBD confiscation (UAE, Singapore, Japan), Adderall prohibition (Japan, UAE, China, India), codeine permits (UAE, Japan, Singapore), cash declaration procedures (US, Japan, UAE, India, China), and high-friction tobacco/gold import steps.
- updatedquantityLimits and documentationRequired populated on 118 restricted/prohibited rules: Vyvanse (15 countries), Ozempic (10 countries), drone batteries (20 rules with IATA DGR Wh thresholds), counterfeit goods warning (15 destinations), codeine and tramadol postal rules (17 rules), adderall posting rules (13 rules), gold jewellery postal rules (10 destinations), tobacco cigarettes posting (9 rules), alcohol spirits posting (7 rules) — all citing authoritative form names and permit references.
- updatedabandonmentOption added to 41 rules covering surrender-at-customs pathways: vape/e-cigarette (AU, JP, MY, BR, MX, HK, NZ, PH), CBD oil (US, CA, UK, AU, DE, FR, IT, ES), cannabis seeds (US, UK, AU, CA, DE, FR), adderall (JP, UAE, SG, KR), codeine (SG, SA, UAE), ammunition (JP, SG, SA, UK, AU), counterfeit goods (US, UK, AU, JP, CA), pepper spray (AU, UK, NZ), and gold jewellery India — each with documented customs authority surrender process.
- updateddepartureRule populated on 23 rules, unlocking the /traveling/can-i-take/[item]/from/[country] reverse-direction page: antiquities export controls (Egypt Law 117/1983, Italy D.Lgs 42/2004, Thailand B.E. 2504, UK Waverley criteria, China 2002 Cultural Relics Law, Japan Law 214/1950, Indonesia UU 11/2010, Vietnam Cultural Heritage Law); currency export limits (India FEMA/LRS, China SAFE, Egypt CBE, Brazil BACEN, South Africa SARB, Saudi Arabia ZATCA, Indonesia BNM, Malaysia BNM); gold export controls (India Customs Baggage Rules, UAE CBUAE/DMCC, Turkey CBRT); and CITES wildlife export prohibitions (South Africa NEMBA, Indonesia Law 5/1990, Vietnam Penal Code, Indonesia/Indonesia coral CITES Appendix).
- updatedalternativesAllowedSlugs populated on 25 items linking to legal substitutes travellers can carry when the primary item is restricted: CBD oil and cannabis seeds → hemp-seeds-sterilised; vape-e-cigarette ↔ tobacco-cigarettes ↔ e-cigarette-liquid; alcohol-spirits/wine/beer cross-linked as lighter-duty alternatives; satellite-phone → satellite-messenger + sim-cards; walkie-talkies → satellite-messenger; night-vision-devices → binoculars-optics; pets-dogs ↔ pets-cats; kava/kratom/khat → energy-drinks; drone-consumer → drone-accessories. All target slugs verified present in items.json.View →
- updatedageRestricted (minAge + jurisdictions) added to 15 items: alcohol-spirits/wine/beer (18 in most markets; 21 in US), tobacco-cigarettes/vape/e-cigarette-liquid (18 across EU, AU, CA, JP, KR, SG), ammunition-sporting and firearms (18 in UK, AU, CA, DE, FR), kratom/kava (18 in US/CA and AU/NZ respectively), energy-drinks (16 in UK and DE per 2023 legislation), sex-toys and tattoo-equipment (18 in US, UK, AU, CA, DE, FR). All jurisdiction slugs validated against countries.json.View →
- updatedexcisable + excisableJurisdictions set on 8 items: alcohol-spirits (18 jurisdictions citing TTB/HMRC/ATO/EU Directive 92/12), wine and beer (16 jurisdictions each), tobacco-cigarettes (20 jurisdictions citing HMRC Tobacco Products Duty, AU excise schedule, USDA TTB), vape-e-cigarette (7 jurisdictions — UK/AU/CA/NZ/DE/FR/KR), electronic-cigarette-liquid (6 jurisdictions), perfume-fragrance (6 EU jurisdictions under EU Excise Directive), energy-drinks (UK HMRC Soft Drinks Industry Levy + Gulf UAE/SA/QA excise). chocolate and protein-powder explicitly set excisable: false for template completeness.View →
- updatedaliasesByLanguage (es/fr/de/zh/ja) populated on 30 items to improve non-English search recall: alcohol-spirits, wine, beer, tobacco-cigarettes, vape-e-cigarette, electronic-cigarette-liquid, cbd-oil, cannabis-seeds, hemp-seeds-sterilised, kratom, kava, cash-currency, gold-jewellery, drone-consumer, satellite-phone, pepper-spray, firearms, ammunition-sporting, body-armour, prescription-glasses, laptops, mobile-phones-commercial, power-bank-lithium, ivory-cites, antiquities, medical-device-personal, insulin, fresh-fruit, meat-products, sex-toys. Terminology sourced from WCO Harmonized System nomenclature and IATA official documentation.View →
- updatedregulatoryTrend + regulatoryTrendEvidence added to 49 items previously missing the field: tightening trend for testosterone (INCB international controls), satellite-phone (ITU post-2020 import restrictions), pocket-knife (UK Criminal Justice Act 2023), meat/dairy/fruit/seeds (ISPM phytosanitary and HPAI controls 2022-2024), pets-dogs (CDC/USDA 2023 requirements), power-bank-lithium (IATA DGR 2024 Wh limits), textiles-commercial (UFLPA 2022), toys/CE (EU GPSR 2023), cosmetics/supplements (EU/China 2021-2022 rules), antiquities (EU Reg 2019/880), energy-drinks (UK 2025 under-16 ban), tattoo-equipment (EU 2020/2081), vyvanse (INCB amphetamine controls), crypto-hardware-wallet (FATF travel rule), drone-batteries (IATA 2024), satellite-messenger/walkie-talkies/GPS (ITU/NavIC 2022-2024), sim-cards (GSMA 150+ country registration), kava (EU/EMA easing + AU limits), taxidermy/feathers (CITES CoP19 2022), pets-cats (EU Pet Travel Reg 2021), antiques/coins (EU 2019/880 and US bilateral MOUs), ammunition (ATF/EU Directive 2021/555); stable trend for professional-camera, medical-device-personal, prescription-glasses, chewing-gum, watches-commercial, religious-items, laptops, e-reader, binoculars, binoculars-optics, portable-solar-panel; loosening for portable-solar-panel (EGA/IRA tariff cuts); mixed for sex-toys (diverging jurisdictions) and religious-texts (USCIRF 2023 data).View →
177 changes
- updatedBackfilled quantityLimits on 58 rules and documentationRequired on 122 rules across 14 item categories (controlled medications, vape, cbd, cannabis-seeds, gold-jewellery, perfume, laptops, pepper-spray, ammunition, tobacco, alcohol). Every figure sourced to the relevant customs authority.
- addedNew item profile: Pet cats (live animal, HS 0106.19).View →
- addedNew item profile: E-reader (Kindle / Kobo / Nook, HS 8543.70).View →
- addedNew item profile: Sterilised hemp seeds (food-grade, HS 1207.99).View →
- addedNew item profile: Mobile SIM cards (HS 8523.52).View →
- addedNew item profile: Drone batteries, propellers and controllers.View →
- addedNew item profile: Portable solar panel (HS 8541.43).View →
- addedNew item profile: Binoculars and spotting scopes (HS 9005).View →
- addedNew item profile: Antiques (100+ years, HS 9706).View →
- addedNew item profile: Collectible / numismatic coins (HS 7118.90, 9705.00).View →
- addedNew item profile: Sporting ammunition (HS 9306).View →
- addedNew country profile: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), 7.5% VAT. Full duty-free allowance, de minimis, VAT, restricted/prohibited categories, posting restrictions, import documentation.View →
- addedNew country profile: Kenya Revenue Authority Customs, 16% VAT. Full duty-free allowance, de minimis, VAT, restricted/prohibited categories, posting restrictions, import documentation.View →
- addedNew country profile: Dirección General de Aduanas (AFIP), 21% VAT. Full duty-free allowance, de minimis, VAT, restricted/prohibited categories, posting restrictions, import documentation.View →
- addedNew country profile: DIAN, 19% VAT. Full duty-free allowance, de minimis, VAT, restricted/prohibited categories, posting restrictions, import documentation.View →
- addedNew country profile: General Authority of Customs (Qatar), 0% VAT. Full duty-free allowance, de minimis, VAT, restricted/prohibited categories, posting restrictions, import documentation.View →
- addedNew guide published: USMCA origin rules: how to qualify for 0% preferential duty.View →
- addedNew guide published: The GCC customs union: one common tariff, six sovereign regulators.View →
- addedNew guide published: Hemp seeds vs cannabis seeds: a legal distinction that matters at the border.View →
- addedSeeded route-pairs.json with 8 major FTA lanes: USMCA (US↔CA, US↔MX), UK-EU TCA, ANZCERTA, SAFTA+CPTPP, JAEPA+CPTPP, ChAFTA+RCEP, A-UKFTA.
- addedLaunched trust + freshness layer: curated changelog, RSS feed at /feed.xml, /subscribe page, source-link health monitor script, methodology confidence-grading section.
- addedLaunched versioned API at /api/v1 (14 collection endpoints, 1,642 per-entity detail files), OpenAPI 3.1 spec, TypeScript SDK at packages/sdk/, embed widget at /embed/rule.js + /embed/demo, and /pricing page.
- updatedBundle 4: HS codes + regulatoryTrend on remaining items; Phase 1 country fields for 10 more priority countries; 15 more thin rules enriched; lithiumBatteryPolicy on all airlines; reverse-direction hub page added.
- addedNew free-trade-agreement profile: usmca.