Gold Jewellery → 🇺🇸 United States

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No specific restrictions for personal gold jewellery. Quantity guidance for United States: Personal use. Documentation: CBP Declaration Form 6059B; FinCEN 105 (CMIR) if carrying gold coins/bars worth over USD 10,000. 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving United States with gold jewellery is a separate question: allowed — Personal gold jewellery may be exported from United States for personal use; commercial quantities and gold bullion require declaration.

ENFORCEMENT

Occasional — Enforcement reported intermittently.

Leaving United States with gold jewellery

Personal-wear gold jewellery is generally free to export from United States at reasonable personal-use quantities. High-value personal jewellery (typically above USD 10,000 equivalent) should be declared on FinCEN Form 105 (CMIR) at customs since jewellery counts toward cash-equivalent thresholds in some jurisdictions. Gold bullion, bars, and coins face different treatment: they may require an advance export authorisation from the central bank or securities regulator for commercial quantities. Antique jewellery over the applicable cultural-property age threshold (typically 100 years) may require an export permit from the cultural-affairs authority.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2026-08-22