Allowed and not allowed articles

What can I take in my baggage while leaving the country?

Passengers have the right to export:

- Personal belongings.
- Items and objects temporarily imported and now re-exported, proved by the document given to them by Customs when arriving in the country.
- An amount up to five thousands (5000) USD (See regulations of the Central Bank of Cuba)
- Items legally purchased in the country, a reasonable amount indicating non-commercial purposes and which are not subjected to any regulation, and if requiring a permit or authorization, it shall be submitted to Customs.

What I cannot take in my baggage while leaving the country?

Do not take with you or as part of your baggage:

Drugs, narcotics and psychotropic substances or hallucinogens.
Explosives.
Blood derivative Products.
Obscene or pornographic literature, items and objects that put at risk the general interests of the nation.

The export of the following items and products is not allowed:

Cultural assets declared part of the National Cultural Heritage.
Manuscript books, incunabula (published between 1440 and 1500).
Books and leaflets bearing stamps from libraries from the National System of Public Libraries and from Cuban Entities and Institutions, as well as "R" Cuban Book publications.
Books, leaflets and foreign serial publications printed between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century and Cubans published in the eighteenth century.
Lobster, in any quantity and form of presentation.