Can I take X out of Y?
Most rules on this site describe arrival: bringing an item into a country. A smaller set covers the opposite direction — what you can legally take out of a country when leaving. Export rules are a distinct regime that almost every customs authority operates separately from import controls.
Departure-rule data (rule.departureRule in our schema) is currently populated on 23 of 2187 documented traveling rules. Each new rule with a source-backed export / departure requirement populates this index on the next deploy.
Documented departure rules (23)
- gold jewelleryout ofindia
- gold jewelleryout ofuae
- antiquitiesout ofitaly
- ivory citesout ofsouth africa
- cash currencyout ofindia
- gold jewelleryout ofturkey
- cash currencyout ofegypt
- antiquitiesout ofegypt
- cash currencyout ofbrazil
- cash currencyout ofmalaysia
- cash currencyout ofsouth africa
- cash currencyout ofindonesia
- antiquitiesout ofchina
- antiquitiesout ofjapan
- ivory citesout ofindonesia
- ivory citesout ofvietnam
- antiquitiesout ofunited kingdom
- antiquitiesout ofthailand
- antiquitiesout ofindonesia
- antiquitiesout ofvietnam
- coral seashellsout ofindonesia
- cash currencyout ofchina
- cash currencyout ofsaudi arabia
Adjacent country-level data
While specific item × country departure rules are being populated, country profiles now carry an exportRules summary block for jurisdictions where it has been sourced. Try:
How reverse-direction rules work
A country that prohibits import of an item (e.g. cannabis into Singapore) almost always also prohibits its export. But the converse isn't true: plenty of items can be legally imported yet carry export restrictions (cultural property, gold bullion above thresholds, currency, wildlife). We document each direction separately because the penalties, documentation, and decision-makers differ.