Customs
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Cameroon Customs Regulations
Import & export rules, duty-free allowances, prohibited items, and traveler health advisory
400 cigs
Tobacco allowance
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Import Regulations
- 400 cigarettes
- 50 cigars
- Five packets of tobacco
- One bottle of alcoholic beverage
- Five bottles of perfume
- Travellers can import an unlimited amount of local and foreign currency into the country.
- Weapons and ammunition
- Knives and dangerous weapons
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Big monkeys and lemurs
- Pandas and South American monkeys
- Big cheetah, leopards, tigers
- Elephants, rhinoceros, crane, snakes, parrots, marine turtle, etc
- Counterfeit money and goods
- Pornographic content or materials
- TV, Laptops, DVD players and other electrical goods less than six months old
- Cats and dogs will require a veterinarian health certificate before entering the country.
Export Regulations
- No information available
- Weapons and ammunition
- Knives and dangerous weapons
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Big monkeys and lemurs
- Pandas and South American monkeys
- Big cheetah, leopards, tigers
- Elephants, rhinoceros, crane, snakes, parrots, marine turtle, etc
- Counterfeit money and goods
- Pornographic content or materials
- No information available
Health & Security
Basic health information for travelers to Cameroon
Basic security information for travelers to Cameroon
🩺 Basic Health Information for Travelers to Cameroon
- A yellow fever vaccination is required if over one year of age and planning to enter the country.
- Water especially outside the main cities should be considered potentially unhealthy and all travellers are advised to bring along or buy plenty of bottled water to drink. All food and meats should be well cooked and served hot before eating. Fruits should be peeled and milk based dairy products avoided where possible.
🛡 Basic Security Information for Travelers to Cameroon
- Violent theft, carjacking and similar criminal acts are frequent in several major cities including Douala and Yaoundé. Visitors are urged to keep their valuables in a safe place at all times and to take care if ordering a taxi to make sure that the taxi is a legitimate one. Incidents of police corruption have been reported so visitors are advised to avoid drawing their attention and to keep a passport copy available at all times.
- Photos of military and government sites are restricted and maybe destroyed by the countries security services.
Contact Information
For further assistance please contact the Cameroonian Customs authorities directly. They will provide the latest information about customs regulations and export-import procedures.
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