Nepal duty free

The following goods may be imported into Nepal by foreign visitors without incurring customs duty:

• 200 cigarettes and 50 cigars and 20g of tobacco.
• 1L of spirits or wine or 12 cans of beer.
• Medicine not exceeding Rs10,000 in value.
• Canned food not exceeding Rs5,000 in value.
• Fresh fruit not exceeding Rs2,000 in value.

• Steel camera film15 pieces and movie camera film12 pieces.

All baggage must be declared on arrival and departure. Certain goods including cameras, videos and electronic goods may only be imported duty-free if they are exported on departure. They may not be left in Nepal. These items are:

Prohibited Imports

Prohibited items include narcotics, beef, hazardous ouzo dyes as specified by the Government of Nepal through publishing the notice in Nepal gazette time to time, high carbon disposing incandescent light bulbs, plastic bags less than 20 microns thick and goods prohibited/ banned by other existing laws.

Restricted items include firearms and ammunition, radio equipment and poppy seeds.

Prohibited Exports

Goods of historical, archaeological or religious importance, wild fauna, narcotics, firearms and ammunition, forest products like certain herbs and woods, industrial machinery, parts thereof and raw materials.