Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Gold Jewellery → Australia
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-08-22
No specific restrictions for personal gold jewellery
Details
No specific restrictions for personal gold jewellery. Quantity guidance for Australia: Personal use. Documentation: Customs declaration on Incoming Passenger Card if total goods value exceeds AUD 900. 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 Australian Border Force (ABF); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving Australia with gold jewellery is a separate question: allowed — Personal gold jewellery may be exported from Australia for personal use; commercial quantities and gold bullion require declaration.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Documentation required
- Customs declaration on Incoming Passenger Card if total goods value exceeds AUD 900
Leaving with this item
Personal gold jewellery may be exported from Australia for personal use; commercial quantities and gold bullion require declaration.
Practical advice
Personal-wear gold jewellery clears as routine. Bulk imports above the destination's threshold attract duty + VAT; cash-declaration rules may apply on high-value bullion.
Customs authority
Australian Border Force (ABF) · https://www.abf.gov.au