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Taking binoculars and spotting scopes out of United Kingdom

STATUS · ALLOWED

Consumer binoculars and optics may be exported from United Kingdom freely at personal-use quantities.

Details

Personal-use consumer binoculars and optics may be taken out of United Kingdom without export formalities. Standard consumer optics face no export controls. Military-specification optics and image-intensifier devices fall under dual-use export-control lists instead.

Quantity limits

Personal-use quantities

The other direction

INBOUND

Bringing binoculars and spotting scopes into United Kingdom(allowed)

Sources

VERIFIED · 2026-07-25Report a correction
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