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Taking mobile sim cards (physical and esim) out of United States

STATUS · ALLOWED

SIM cards may be exported from United States freely at personal-use quantities.

Details

Personal-use sim cards may be taken out of United States without export formalities. Personal SIM cards face no export controls. Note that some destinations require identity registration to activate foreign or local SIMs on arrival.

Quantity limits

Personal-use quantities

The other direction

INBOUND

Bringing mobile sim cards (physical and esim) into United States(allowed)

Sources

VERIFIED · 2026-07-25Report a correction
RULES5,339COUNTRIES85ITEMS111CARRIERS28GUIDES46UNIQUE SOURCES645LATEST VERIFICATION2026-07-26MethodologyChangelog