Do you have a clear understanding of the "Taiwan Customs Immigration Regulations" when traveling abroad for customs inspection, or do you know where to find the latest information?There are not many articles on the Internet about the items to be carried in and out of the country. In addition, the elders are not very clear about these regulations. They decided to write a good article. It is suitable for novices and elders. If there is something unclear, please leave a message and ask questions.
Taiwanese passengers are closely related to the Taipei Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance and Customs Affairs
The reason why I want to write this article is because my mother is the easiest person to be targeted by the customs. She goes abroad as many times as we do every year, and she always wants to bring some "(prohibited) items" back to Taiwan on a whim, such as : The amount of tobacco and alcohol, fruits/food, etc., when she puts it in the Line group, I will immediately check online and explain the penalties and fines. I will obediently cancel the idea, but I can't keep checking!
Simply sort out an entry and exit instructions for travelers, and also draw a lot of red lines for her to read carefully.
Passenger entry and exit regulations, customs clearance procedures, customs declaration, violation cases and tax refunds for foreign tourists are all on the official website of Taipei Customs of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance. Perhaps you may learn about the entry and exit regulations through news, but the details and latest regulations, as long as you don’t understand or don’t know it. It is recommended to come up to find out at any time, or call the free service telephone for passenger clearance questions (service time 24 hours): 0800-311006, 0800-016801.
Exit (customs declaration) regulations
There are regulations for Taiwanese travelers to carry goods and cash when leaving the country (= going abroad). If you don’t follow carefully or declare in advance, congratulations on helping Taiwan’s treasury increase your income. This can sometimes happen to the elders who are not used to swiping cards and love cash. In the transaction, you are afraid that you will not have enough cash on your body (insecure), and you will easily bring excess cash with you. Please remind them of this.
1. Bring cash, securities, and gold
⋅ New Taiwan Dollar: Limited to 10 yuan
⋅ Foreign currency (including Hong Kong dollar and Australian "gate" currency): equivalent to US$1
⋅ Renminbi: up to 2 yuan
⋅ Marketable securities (referring to bearer traveler’s checks, other checks, promissory notes, money orders, or other securities that can be exercised by the holder in the country or abroad): The total denomination is equivalent to US$1
⋅ Gold: worth US$2
⋅ Other items that may be laundered (diamonds, gems and platinum): worth NT$50
If you exceed the limit, you must take the initiative to declare to the customs, but!It is still not allowed to take it out; however, if you do not actively fail to declare, the excess part will be confiscated, and if the declaration is false, the excess part will be confiscated.In addition, if the securities fail to declare in accordance with the regulations or the declaration is false, fines will be imposed.
2. Carry samples or other personal use items
For high unit price 3C items, such as personal computers, professional photography, photographic equipment, etc., whose value exceeds the tax-exempt limit of US$XNUMX and intends to bring them back from abroad in the future, they also need to declare to the customs.
3. Comply with the immigration regulations of the country of entry
If you leave Taiwan and then enter a country for tourism, the corresponding country's entry (customs declaration) instructions can be found on the website of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the relevant regulations of China's entry, please refer to the website of the Straits Exchange Foundation.Anya uses Thailand and Japan as examples to explain:
- Thailand: When traveling in Thailand, a single passenger or family is required to bring a specified amount of cash (sampling) for inspection. We must prepare a single tourist visa in Taiwan with a family of three. When the Thai customs inspection is conducted, you need to prepare more than 40,000 baht or Foreign currency equivalent (20,000 baht or equivalent foreign currency for visa on arrival)
- Japan: There have been several gold smuggling cases before, and Japan is now more stringent in the investigation and seizure of items brought into the country. For example, when the total value of cash, travellers’ checks, and securities is more than 100 million yen, or gold (purity of more than 90%) is more than 1 kg , Must go through the declaration procedures.
Related Reading ▶️A general summary of Thai customs entry regulations for carrying cash, a must-see before novices go
4. Items prohibited to be taken out of the country
⋅ Unauthorized dubbing of books, audio tapes, video tapes, audio-visual discs and computer software.
⋅ Antiquities, etc. stipulated by the Cultural Assets Preservation Law.
⋅ Firearms (such as shotguns, air guns, spearguns, etc.), ammunition (such as shells, bullets, bombs, explosives, etc.) and knives listed in the Regulations on the Control of Guns, Ammunition and Knives.
⋅ Counterfeit or altered currency, securities, and printed counterfeit currency impressions.
⋅ Drugs listed in the Drug Harm Prevention and Control Regulations (such as heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, etc.).
⋅ Live wild animals and conservation wild animals and plants and their products cannot be exported without the permission of the Agriculture Committee of the Executive Yuan; those under CITES management must attach a CITES permit and declare to the customs for inspection.
⋅ Other items that cannot be exported or prohibited by law.
Entry (customs declaration) regulations
I see "Can XXX (an item) be brought back to Taiwan?" most often seen in major tourism organizations. From the amount of tobacco and alcohol to medicines, epidemic prevention, etc., everyone seems to understand the relevant regulations but is not so clear. My mother once brought it After returning to Taiwan with more than 10 cigarettes, after deducting the tax-free quantity, the remaining confiscated and fined, the gain is not worth the loss!
1. Carrying alcohol and tobacco
⋅ Eligibility and land purchase restrictions: Must be 20 years old or older and purchased on board the flight or in duty-free shops
⋅ Duty-free quantity: 1 liter of alcohol, 200 cigarettes, 25 cigars, 1 pound of shredded tobacco
⋅ Punishment regulations: if the amount exceeds the duty-free quantity and fails to declare to the customs according to the regulations, the tobacco and alcohol exceeding the duty-free quantity will be confiscated by the customs, and the customs will collect fines according to different items
-NT$500 per cigarette
-3,000 yuan per pound of shredded tobacco
-25 yuan for every 4,000 cigars
-2,000 yuan per liter of wine shop
2. Bring cash, securities, and gold
Have you ever commented on this news«Macau wins 40 U.S. dollars!Two Taiwanese men returned to Taiwan happily, 38 confiscated after entry»Are there any impressions?Traveling abroad sometimes goes to gaming venues, such as Macau, Singapore, or cruise ships. When you win money, you bring it back to Taiwan, but you don’t know that you have to declare the excess amount to customs. Not only does it violate the Money Laundering Prevention Law, but you also get lost. The following information is also compiled. For you guys!
- New Taiwan Dollar: up to 10 yuan
- Foreign currency (including Hong Kong dollar and Australian "gate" currency): equivalent to US$1
- RMB: up to 2 yuan
- Securities (referring to bearer traveler’s checks, other checks, promissory notes, money orders, or other securities that can be exercised by the holder in their own country or foreign country): The total denomination is equivalent to US$1
- Gold: worth US$2
- Other items at risk of money laundering (diamonds, gems and platinum): worth NT$50
3. Bring medicines
We really often "buy medicine" when we go abroad. For example, when traveling in Japan, we will definitely go to a "drug" cosmetics store. Whether it is for personal use or to help relatives and friends, sometimes it is easy to violate the regulations when the quantity is increased by one plus; and some people's livelihoods The ingredients of the products are environmental drugs, and they must be used in accordance with the relevant regulations of Taiwan.Next, the color contact lenses in Korea were hotly tamped before, but contact lenses are medical equipment in Taiwan and can only be used for personal use and cannot be sold online.
⋅ Passengers or service personnel who accompany the transport shall bring medicines for their own use, and shall not be used for purposes other than their own use
⋅ The controlled drugs carried by passengers or transport service personnel must be accompanied by a doctor's prescription (or a certificate issued by the medical institution). The carrying amount shall not exceed the reasonable amount issued by the medical certificate, and the amount shall be 6 months For the limit
⋅ Western medicine limit:
-Over-the-counter drugs: up to 12 bottles (boxes, cans, sticks, sticks) of each type, and the total is limited to 36 bottles (boxes, cans, sticks, sticks) in total
– Prescription drugs: Do not bring the doctor's prescription (or certification document), and the amount is limited to 2 months.For prescription drugs, the doctor’s prescription note (or certification document) shall not exceed the reasonable amount prescribed on the prescription note (or certification document), and the amount shall be limited to 6 months
-Tablets and capsules of food at most 12 bottles (boxes, cans, bars, sticks) each, and the total is limited to no more than 36 bottles (boxes, cans, sticks, sticks)
⋅ Chinese medicinal materials and Chinese medicinal preparations:
-Chinese medicinal materials: up to 1 kg each, and no more than 12 kinds in total
-Traditional Chinese medicine preparations (drugs): 12 bottles (boxes) of each type, but the total number shall not exceed 36 bottles (boxes)
– Carrying Chinese medicinal materials and Chinese medicinal preparations (drugs) outside the aforementioned limit shall be accompanied by medical certification documents (such as a doctor’s diagnosis certificate), and the amount shall not exceed 3 months
⋅ Contact lenses: 60 lenses with a single prescription, but each person is limited to a single brand and two prescriptions
⋅ The types of products specified in the self-use drug limit table: bottles (boxes, cans, bars, sticks, bags, bags), etc. are limited to the ``original packaging''
If you have any questions or uncertainties, it is recommended to contact the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare at 02-27878200.
4. Bring cosmetics and skin care products
Passengers who carry specific-purpose cosmetics (cosmetics for sunscreen, hair dyeing, perming, antiperspirant, tooth whitening or other purposes, formerly known as medicated cosmetics) designated and announced by the central competent authority for personal use, up to 12 of each type Bottles (boxes, cans, bags, bags, limited to the original packaging), the total must not exceed 36 bottles (boxes, cans, bags, bags, limited to the original packaging).
5. Carrying aquatic products or animals, plants and their products
- Agriculture, livestock and aquatic products, not exceeding 1 kg each for rice, cooked peanuts, cooked garlic, dried golden needles, dried mushrooms, and tea leaves
- Chinese scallops, dried abalone, bird's nest, and shark fin are limited to 1.2 kg each, and canned food is limited to 6 cans each
- It is forbidden to bring live animals and their products, live plants and their fresh products, and fresh fruits.But dogs, cats, rabbits and animal products that meet the requirements of the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Diseases, dried and processed aquatic products and those that meet the requirements of the Phytosanitary and Quarantine Law are not restricted.
- In order to prevent African swine fever and protect the health of Taiwan’s pigs, passengers carrying meat products (including vacuum packaging) illegally entered the country in accordance with the amendment to Article 45-1 of the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Diseases (approved by the Legislative Yuan on November 107, 11) Passed through the third reading) stipulates that a fine of NT$30 to NT$1 million will be imposed
Conclusion
The basic instructions for entry and exit are roughly sorted out. I suggest you remind the elders around you that most of them are not clear about the relevant regulations when they go abroad, and they are easy to violate the regulations and fined, especially for medical equipment and drugs!Of course, in addition to searching online and asking questions from organizations, remember to make good use of the services of public institutions and just call and ask if you can bring them back to Taiwan!
