Malawi customs regulation

Import and Export laws of Malawi

Malawi is a medium sized country with around 17M Malawian. Official language is English. Malawi uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, Β°C). Time zone is UTC+02:00. Currency used in Malawi is Malawi Kwacha (MWK).

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Import Regulation

Tobacco 🚬

200 cigarettes; or

250g tobacco in any other form.

Prohibited β›”

Any attempt to import a restricted good without a relevant permit is considered to be a prohibited import.

Restricted ⚠️

All animals must be certified as free from disease before importation.

Wild animals and their derivative products.

Live fish, their eggs, and spawn.

Any bird eggs, whether in shell or dried form.

Bees and their derivative products, including honey and beeswax.

Meat requires written permission from the Minister of Industry and Trade.

Clothing and uniforms designed for military or police use.

Pharmaceuticals.

Gold.

Sugar.

Knives with a spring blade, such as flick knives.

Radioactive substances.

Game traps.

Mist nets for the capture of wild birds.

Unpreserved beans.

Compound products containing flour and meal residues, including chemical additions to animal foodstuffs, antibiotic growth stimulants, and bird seed.

Gram and dhall.

Ground nuts.

Maize, including maize grits, maize cones, and hominy chop.

Oil seeds, oil meal, oil cake, offal, and residue from oil seeds.

Potatoes.

Rice.

Rupoko and rupoko meal.

Bananas.

Exercise books.

Fertilisers.

Dieldrin.

Aldrin.

Kitchen and table salt.

Ammunitions and guns.

Other rules ℹ️

250mL eau de toilette and 50mL perfume.

Personal goods up to the value of MK300,000 per traveller.

Export Regulation

Restricted ⚠️

Unmanufactured game trophies.

Currencies.

Gold and valuables.

Dangerous drugs.

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