Cash Declaration:
Passengers traveling out of or entering the UAE with more than AED 60,000 in cash or an amount equivalent to this in other currencies, financial instruments, precious metals, or valuable stones must declare it to the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Ports Security (ICP).
Declaration Methods:
- Official website: https://declare.customs.ae/login
- Afseh app (Google Play & App Store)
Exemptions for Minors:
For passengers under 18, the amount in their possession will be added to the permitted limit of their parent/guardian or accompanier.
Related eServices:
- Cash disclosure-TAMM
- Items exempted from customs duties
Permitted Duty-free Items:
- Telescopes
- Movie projection devices and accessories
- Radio, CD players, and CDs
- Video and digital cameras and tapes for personal use
- Portable music instruments
- Cell phones
- TV and receiver (one each)
- Strollers
- Personal sports equipment
- Portable computers and printers
- Calculators
- Wheelchairs and vehicles of people of determination (people with special needs)
- Medication for personal use that complies with applicable regulations
- Clothes, toiletries, and luggage of a personal nature
- Personal jewelry
Conditions for Personal Belongings Exemption:
- Value of gifts, perfumes, and personal luggage does not exceed AED 3,000
- Luggage and gifts must be of limited quantity and non-commercial
- Passengers should not be frequent travelers with regular goods or crew members of the respective conveyance.
Additional Information:
- Customs duty rates vary for different goods and can be found in the Unified Customs Tariff for GCC States 2022 – ICP.
- Banned items include controlled drugs, pirated content, counterfeit currency, and items used in black magic, witchcraft, or sorcery.
- Restricted items require prior approval from the authorities concerned before import or export.
- Forms of smuggling can result in fines, imprisonment, and confiscation of smuggled items and tools.
- The UAE levies import and export duties on commercial goods.
