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Mali duty free

The following items may be imported into Mali without incurring customs duty:

• 1,000 cigarettes or 250 cigars or 2kg of tobacco.
• Goods up to the value of XOF250,000.

Travellers can import per person duty free the following items:

• new clothes and bedding; 2 pairs of new shoes;

• Electronic devices and personal effects such as:

2 cameras (different models);

1 camera;

1 radio;

1 bike;

1 stereo;

1 hunting rifle with import permit;

1pc;

1 set of playing cards (persons aged 18 and over);

jewelry;

• Food such as:

5 canned goods;

5 packs of milk;

5 kg of sugar;

2 kg of tea;

1 packet of coffee;

2 kg other food.

Prohibited Imports

Prohibited items include narcotics, beef and derivates, potassium bromate not intended for laboratories, any food product containing potassium bromate, meat, blood and bone meal intended for feeding animal, unregistered pesticides, oils and equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hazardous chemicals food or medicine past the best-before date for human and veterinary use, foreign products, natural or manufactured, bearing either on themselves or on packaging, cases, bundles, envelopes, bands or labels, etc. a trademark, a name, a sign or any indication likely to suggest that they were made in Mali or that they are of Malian origin, and alcohol in plastic sachets.

Restricted items include among others medicine, meat, plants, explosives, and firearms and ammunition.

Prohibited Exports

Restricted exports requiring authorisation include meat, hunting trophies, plants and artworks.