Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Tattoo Equipment → United States
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-07-25
ALLOWED
No specific import restrictions for personal tattoo equipment
Details
No specific import restrictions for personal tattoo equipment. In the reverse direction (taking tattoo equipment out of United States): allowed — Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from United States freely at personal-use quantities.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Leaving with this item
Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from United States freely at personal-use quantities.
Practical advice
Personal-use single tattoo machine clears. Commercial / professional shipments need destination health-department approval.
Customs authority
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) · https://www.cbp.gov