{
  "iso2": "au",
  "name": "Australia",
  "region": "Oceania",
  "bloc": null,
  "verified": "2026-10-17",
  "authority": {
    "name": "Australian Border Force",
    "url": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in"
  },
  "currency": {
    "code": "AUD",
    "declare_over": null
  },
  "rules": {
    "alcohol": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "2.25 litres duty free",
      "detail": "Adults may bring 2.25 litres of alcohol duty free. If you exceed it, duty is payable on all of your alcohol, not just the excess. Declare anything over the allowance.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/duty-free"
    },
    "tobacco": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "25 cigarettes or 25 g tobacco",
      "detail": "The duty-free limit is 25 cigarettes or 25 g of tobacco. Going over means duty on all of it. Nicotine pouches can no longer be brought in by travellers from 24 July 2026 and are seized.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/duty-free"
    },
    "vapes": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "Max 2 vapes, 20 pods, 200 ml",
      "detail": "Per a 2023 ABF notice, travellers may bring a small quantity for their own treatment or someone in their care: 2 vapes, 20 cartridges or pods, 200 ml of liquid. Nicotine pouches are banned from 24 July 2026.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/help-and-support-subsite/CustomsNotices/2023-51.pdf"
    },
    "duty_goods": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "AUD 900 adults, AUD 450 children",
      "detail": "General goods duty-free: AUD 900 per adult, AUD 450 per child. Families on the same flight may pool allowances. Over the limit, duty applies to all general goods, not only the excess.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/duty-free"
    },
    "meds_rx": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Allowed for personal use; declare",
      "detail": "ABF lists prescription medicines as allowed for personal use with restrictions, and says to declare them. Check the exact conditions on the ABF page before you travel.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in"
    },
    "plants_seeds": {
      "status": "banned",
      "headline": "Fresh fruit: don't bring",
      "detail": "ABF lists fresh fruit such as apples, mandarins and oranges as DON'T BRING. Declare any plant material or food on your Incoming Passenger Card; biosecurity officers may inspect it.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in"
    },
    "meat_dairy": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Declare all food; homemade not allowed",
      "detail": "Food, even small amounts or cooking ingredients, may need to be declared on the Incoming Passenger Card. ABF says homemade meals, cakes or anything you made yourself can generally not come in.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/food"
    },
    "food_honey": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "Packaged sweets, coffee, tea OK",
      "detail": "Commercially packaged chocolate and confectionery (up to 10 kg), roasted coffee (up to 10 kg, not Kopi Luwak), plain tea in new packaging, and shelf-stable juices need no declaration. Items with meat do not qualify.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/goods-without-declaring"
    }
  },
  "gov_uk_slug": "australia",
  "canada_slug": "australia",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Can you bring it in? (Australian Border Force)",
      "url": "https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in",
      "kind": "inbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Types of export: money and collectible currency (Australian Border Force)",
      "url": "https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/exporting/how-to-export/types-of-export",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Moving money across international borders (AUSTRAC)",
      "url": "https://www.austrac.gov.au/individuals/moving-money-across-international-borders",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "title": "Travellers and online shoppers: wildlife (DCCEEW)",
      "url": "https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/non-commerical/travellers-shoppers",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "title": "Leaving Australia with medicines (TGA)",
      "url": "https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/consumer-information-and-resources/travelling-medicines-and-medical-devices/leaving-australia",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "title": "Travelling with medicines and medical devices (Office of Drug Control)",
      "url": "https://www.odc.gov.au/travellers/travelling-or-australia-medicines-and-medical-devices",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "title": "Protecting movable cultural heritage (Office for the Arts)",
      "url": "https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/protecting-movable-cultural-heritage-august2022.pdf",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "title": "Travelling to Australia (Department of Agriculture)",
      "url": "https://www.agriculture.gov.au/travelling/to-australia",
      "kind": "inbound",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    }
  ],
  "outbound": {
    "cash": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Report AUD 10,000+ leaving Australia",
      "detail": "AUSTRAC rules require reporting physical currency and bearer negotiable instruments of AUD 10,000 or more (or foreign equivalent) when exporting. Bullion need not be declared to AUSTRAC. Issued currency needs no export declaration.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/exporting/how-to-export/types-of-export"
    },
    "antiquities": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Collector coins/notes may need heritage permit",
      "detail": "Coins and banknotes that are collector's items of cultural significance to Australia may need an export permit under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986.",
      "source": "https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/exporting/how-to-export/types-of-export"
    }
  }
}