Feathers & Plumage → 🇵🇭 Philippines

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No specific restrictions for personal feathers & plumage. Quantity guidance for Philippines: Personal use. Documentation: Provenance documentation (purchase receipt, auction catalogue). Allowed status assumes personal-use quantities — commercial-scale amounts move the entry into formal import procedures with duty and documentation. Arrival checks are carried out by Bureau of Customs (BOC); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving Philippines with feathers & plumage is a separate question: restricted — Feather export from Philippines depends on the species — most wild-bird feathers are protected under CITES or national bird laws; farmed and craft feathers move freely.

Leaving Philippines with feathers & plumage

Feathers of CITES-listed birds (all raptors, parrots, birds-of-paradise, and many others) require CITES export documentation from Philippines, and many countries additionally protect all native wild birds — in the US, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes possessing most wild-bird feathers unlawful regardless of how they were obtained. Farmed poultry, ostrich, and peacock feathers sold as craft materials move freely at personal quantities. Destination biosecurity rules may require declaration of any feather material on arrival.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2026-08-22