Customs and Duty Free: Brazil
When entering Brazil, passengers are allowed to bring a variety of personal and commercial goods, but there are specific limits. Travelers can bring in personal items like clothing and books without needing to declare them. For other goods, there is a limit of up to USD 500 in total value for air travelers. For alcohol, the limit is 12 liters, and you are allowed up to 400 cigarettes or 25 cigars. For currency, while there’s no limit on the amount you can bring, any amount exceeding BRL 10,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currency) must be declared.
Customs also restricts certain items. Firearms, narcotics, and certain medications require special permission. Food products, especially fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat, are generally not allowed without proper inspection or permits. If you are carrying any items requiring declaration or exceeding the allowed limits, you must go through the "Goods to Declare" customs line and complete the necessary forms
Customs and Duty (South Africa)
Red or Green Channel?
- After reporting to Immigration, collect your baggage and then proceed to the Customs red or green channel.
- The following Customs channels must be followed, depending on your circumstances:
- If you have in your possession any prohibited/restricted goods and/or goods which fall outside your duty-free allowance, or if you are unsure whether any goods in your possession fall within these categories, please proceed to the Red Channel.
- If the goods in your possession fall within your duty-free allowance (i.e. R5 000), you do not have any prohibited or restricted goods in your possession, you are not in possession of any commercial goods (imported for trade purposes) and you are not in possession of gifts, carried on behalf of others, proceed to the Green Channel, unless instructed otherwise by a Customs official.
You may be stopped, questioned or searched by a Customs officer at any time in the Red or Green channel.
Prohibited goods
- Narcotic and habit-forming drugs in any form
- Cigarettes with a mass of more than 2kg per 1 000
- Goods to which a trade description or trademark is applied in contravention of any Act (for example, counterfeit goods)
- Unlawful reproductions of any works subject to copyright
- Penitentiary or prison-made goods
