customs restrictions on arrival
On arrival you have to fill in the official entry form. You may bring into the country 1.5 litres spirits, 2 bottles of wine, small quantities of perfume, still/ video camera, films for personal use. Make sure that you declare all valuables, gems and jewelery on arrival. You are not allowed to bring good in commercial quantities. You may choose the ‘Green Channel’ for clearance, if you have nothing to declare.
Professional photography or filming equipment must be declared, and subject to clearance on providing a valid garnet, bank guarantee or refundable deposit of the duty payable.
Please visit Sri Lanka customs for more information.
You may take out of the country anything you declared upon entering. Can also take back valuable items such as gems and jewelery purchased in Sri Lanka (please keep receipts) from the funds brought in to the country.
Up to 3 Kg of tea may be exported duty free. Please reconvert your unused Sri Lanka currency to foreign currency at departure.
Do ensure that you take back with you cameras, photographic equipment, transistor radios, recorders and sound equipment declared on arrival.
You are not permitted to take any currency in excess of which you declared on arrival; gems, jewellery or valuable equipment not declared on arrival or not purchased in Sri Lanka, including gold (crude, bullion or coins). You cannot export Sri Lanka currency in excess of Rs. 250/-. Also prohibited are export of firearms, explosives and dangerous weapons, antiques, statues, treasures, old books, etc., (antiques are items over 50 years old); animals birds or reptiles (dead or alive) and their parts and dangerous drugs.
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