Customs Allowances

Free import if goods are carried by passenger:

Group 1:
General goods not exceeding AUD 900 for passengers aged 18 years and over (AUD 450.- for persons under 18 years of age), including gifts, souvenirs, cameras, electronic equipment, leather goods, perfume concentrates, jewellery, watches and sporting equipment.
Personal goods are free from duty and tax if they are:
-owned and used by passenger overseas for 12 months or more.
-imported temporarily (a security may be required by Customs).

Group 2 - alcohol: 2.25 liters of alcoholic beverages per person aged 18 years or over;

Group 3 - tobacco: 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of cigars or tobacco products per person aged 18 years or over.

Note: There are penalties for not declaring prohibited and restricted goods and for making false declarations on your incoming or outgoing passenger card. For further details please refer to www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/duty-free

Prohibited and Restricted Goods:
The import of the following types of goods may be restricted or prohibited, and may require an import permit.
1. Drugs and Medicines - except if restricted medications have been prescribed to the passenger;
2. any fruit or food;
3. firearms/weapons;
4. intellectual Property.
For further details, please refer to https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/prohibited-goods/overview for items that you can bring in or contact the ABF via www.abf.gov.au/help-and-support/contact-us

Quarantine information:
All food, plant material and animal products must be declared on the Incoming Passenger Card and inspected by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) upon arrival in Australia, and may require treatment or documentation prior to entry. Quarantine risk goods may be quarantined, seized, returned to country of origin or destroyed. Detailed information can be found at http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ .
Visits to rural areas and any items used in rural areas (including camping, fishing and golf equipment, footwear, bicycles), or items carrying contamination from soil, faeces or plant material must be declared and presented for inspection.

Local currency (Australian Dollar-AUD) or foreign currencies equivalent no restrictions up to AUD 10,000.- (combined total).
Warning: any amount (including combined totals) of Australian or foreign currency including coins, bank notes, bearer negotiable instruments, bearer bonds, travelers cheques, money orders and any other monetary instruments exceeding AUD 10,000.- (or equivalent in freely convertible currency) has to be declared in a Cross Border Movement Report (CBMR).

The import of certain endangered species of plant, live animals and their products is prohibited or restricted under CITES.
For further details please refer to Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade .

No additional information available.