Prohibited Items

Natural Persons crossing customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic have to:
Goods that are not intended for production or commercial purposes, and not included in the lists of control authorities shall be declared under simplified procedure The simplified declaration procedure stipulates the use of Green corridor and submission of written concluding declaration
Concluding declaration form shall accompany the baggage and hand luggage of natural person providing that:
- number and value of goods transported through customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic (with exception of unaccompanied baggage) shall not exceed the number and value of subject goods allowed for transportation without payment of customs fees;
- no prohibitions or limitations are stipulated for subject goods.
- in case of goods to be subject for customs fees, such goods shall be declared in writing and Red Corridor shall be used. Items handled by natural persons through customs borders of the Azerbaijan Republic shall be declared to customs authorities.

Declaration can be filled in Azerbaijani, English and with the permission of the customs authority in any other language which is owned by a customs official.

Declaration shall be filled by the natural person at minimum age of 16. Goods of persons that have not reached the age of 16 shall be declared in the Declaration of accompanying person. Information on goods shall be indicated in the Declaration of accompanying person. Information on goods shall be indicated in the Declaration.
People living in border areas, that is, citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic, foreign citizens and stateless persons that move on a regular basis in the vehicle of the same face products that are not intended for production and commercial activities across the customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic, shall be entered in a periodic customs declaration.

Natural persons shall be entitled to transport following goods not intended for production or commercial purposes through customs borders of the Azerbaijan Republic without payment of customs fees:

a) goods with total value not exceeding 1000 equivalent dollars USA or with weight not exceeding 50 kg;
b) goods handled by international postal services with total value not exceeding 200 equivalent dollars USA or with weight not exceeding 20 kg;
c) critical household appliances at the value of 20000 equivalent dollars USA for foreign citizens immigrating to the Azerbaijan Republic or citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic emigrating from the Azerbaijan Republic;
d)personal belongings temporary imported (exported) for the main needs
e) up to 125 grams of sturgeon caviar exported outside of the territory of the Azerbaijan Republic.
f) 3 litres of alcoholic beverages for personal use;
g) 3 cartons of cigarettes;
h) fuel in the vehicle fuel tank at the volume specified in technical passport;

Natural Persons crossing customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic have to:

Goods that are not intended for production or commercial purposes, and not included in the lists of control authorities shall be declared under simplified procedure The simplified declaration procedure stipulates the use of Green corridor and submission of written concluding declaration.

Concluding declaration form shall accompany the baggage and hand luggage of natural person providing that:
- number and value of goods transported through customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic (with Exception of unaccompanied baggage) shall not exceed the number and value of subject goods allowed for transportation without payment of customs fees;
- no prohibitions or limitations are stipulated for subject goods.
- in case of goods to be subject for customs fees, such goods shall be declared in writing and Red Corridor shall be used.

Items handled by natural persons through customs borders of the Azerbaijan Republic shall be declared to customs authorities.

Declaration can be filled in Azerbaijani, English and with the permission of the customs authority in any other language which is owned by a customs official.

Declaration shall be filled by the natural person at minimum age of 16. Goods of persons that have not reached the age of 16 shall be declared in the Declaration of accompanying person. Information on goods shall be indicated in the Declaration of accompanying person.

Information on goods shall be indicated in the Declaration. People living in border areas, that is, citizens
of the Azerbaijan Republic, foreign citizens and stateless persons that move on a regular basis in the vehicle of the same face products that are not intended for production and commercial activities across the customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic, shall be entered in a periodic customs declaration.

Natural persons shall be entitled to transport following goods not intended for production or commercial purposes through customs borders of the Azerbaijan Republic without payment of customs fees:
a) goods with total value not exceeding 1000 equivalent dollars USA or with weight not exceeding 50 kg;
b) goods handled by international postal services with total value not exceeding 200 equivalent dollars USA or with weight not exceeding 20 kg;
c) critical household appliances at the value of 20000 equivalent dollars USA for foreign citizens immigrating to the Azerbaijan Republic or citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic emigrating from the Azerbaijan Republic;
d)personal belongings temporary imported (exported) for the main needs
e) up to 125 grams of sturgeon caviar exported outside of the territory of the Azerbaijan Republic.
f) 3 litres of alcoholic beverages for personal use;
g) 3 cartons of cigarettes;
h) fuel in the vehicle fuel tank at the volume specified in technical passport;

Natural persons are prohibited to transport across the customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic the following goods.

Goods prohibited to be imported and received via e-mail dispatch:

- Prohibited to the circulation by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic military-civilian weapons and, military items, explosives, military equipment;
- radioactive substances;
- narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, items for their production;
- materials, advertising low morale, violence and terrorism;
- material relating to the technology of manufacturing narcotic, psychotropic, toxic, explosive substances;

Goods prohibited to be exported and sent via e-mail dispatch:

- export or dispatch, import or receipt of zoological collections, its parts, or other objects, as well as wildlife objects without the permission of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources;
- most valuable race trees (walnut, chestnut, poplar, oak, beech, iron wood);
- prohibited by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic to the circulation military-civilian weapons and, military items, explosives, military equipment; radioactive materials;
-narcotics and psychotropic substances, and their precursors, tools for their production;
-materials advertising low morale, violence and terrorism;
-materials on technology of narcotics, psychotropic substances , poisoning and explosive items;
-literature on special secret communications, their coding and user manuals;
-information systems, documents and archives on active investigation action of Ministry of Defense, Ministry of

National Security, State Border Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic;
-documents, researches and projects of state importance;
-relict vegetation listed under the Red Book of the Azerbaijan Republic, deer and gazelle horns;
-national cultural property listed in the State Registry for National Cultural Property of the Azerbaijan Republic with exception of items intended for temporary export for the purposes of exhibitions, tours, reinstatement works, presentations, international cultural events.
-in cases of inability to read the contents, media do not pass through the customs border of the Azerbaijan Republic;
-sending of weapons

Source: http://www.customs.gov.az/en/travellers.html