Taxidermy → 🇵🇭 Philippines

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Taxidermy may require documentation or declaration. Enforcement in Philippines carries fines from PHP 5,000 to PHP 500,000 under Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) 2016 s.1400 (ordinary personal cases are handled as civil infringements). Restricted status means compliant carriage is achievable with the right paperwork and quantities; the practical risks are seizure, duty, and delay rather than criminal liability for a good-faith traveller. 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 taxidermy is a separate question: restricted — Taxidermy export from Philippines depends on the species — CITES-listed specimens need export permits; common non-protected species need provenance paperwork.

Leaving Philippines with taxidermy

Taxidermy of CITES-listed species (big cats, bears, raptors, marine turtles, and hundreds of others) requires a CITES export permit from Philippines's management authority before cross-border movement, plus a destination import permit for Appendix I specimens. Non-listed common species (many deer, boar, common fish) move on provenance paperwork alone, but several destinations also apply biosecurity treatment-certificate requirements to any animal product (Australia and New Zealand require treatment certification). Hunting-trophy exports additionally follow the origin country's game-export tagging rules.

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