Customs Regulation

Please take note of the following prohibitions of the Malaysian Customs Department:

  1. TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL DRUGS CARRIES THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA.
  2. A special permit is required for carriage of firearms and ammunition
  3. Other prohibited items include flick knives, daggers and pornographic material. Taped video cassettes or DVDs should be submitted for Customs clearance.
  4. Export of antiques and historical objects is not permitted unless with an export license obtained from the Director General of Museums Malaysia or unless these items were originally imported and declared to Customs at that point.
  5. You must declare to Customs or the Plant Quarantine Inspector any plants or parts of plants such as seeds, flowers, fruits, soil samples, cultures of fungi, bacteria and viruses, insects or any other vertebrate or invertebrate animal, that is in your possession.