Feathers & Plumage → Philippines

No specific restrictions for personal feathers & plumage

Details

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.

Quantity limit

Personal use

Documentation required

• Provenance documentation (purchase receipt, auction catalogue)

Leaving with this item

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.

Practical advice

Feathers & Plumage may be brought to Philippines for personal use. Cultural-heritage items over the origin-country's protection-threshold age (typically 100+ years for antiquities) require an export licence from the origin's cultural-affairs authority — the destination-side rule is usually simpler than the origin-side. Carry provenance documentation (purchase receipt from a licensed dealer, auction-house certificate) to demonstrate lawful origin.

Customs authority

Bureau of Customs (BOC) · https://customs.gov.ph