IMM Revision: Updates to Various Individual Country Listings

[Insert the following entry in alphabetical order:]

Firearms, parts and accessories thereof, or replica firearms.

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Belarus

Articles of cultural value.

[Remove the following entries: “Perishable food products,” “Perishable infectious substances,” and “Perishable noninfectious substances.” In addition, insert the following entries in alphabetical order:]

Perishable items.

Plants and plant seeds.

Precious stones in any form and condition, natural diamonds, except for jewelry.

Weapons of any kind, ammunition and parts thereof.

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Denmark

[Revise the entry beginning with “Arms…” to read as follows:]

Arms, weapons, and firearms, including air rifles, airsoft guns, gun barrels, breeches, cross bows; knives of any kind with blades of more than 12 cm (approximately 4.7 in.); switch-blade knives, push daggers, thrusting, or stabbing weapons regardless of blade length; knuckledusters, truncheons, clubs, and other similar articles.

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Ecuador

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[Insert the following entry in alphabetical order:]

Used shoes and clothes may be sent, but only in parcels weighing no more than 4 kilos (approximately 8.9 pounds).

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Observations

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2. Regardless of mail class or contents, items containing goods require a commercial invoice.

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Iran

[Revise the entry beginning with “Coins…” to read as follows:]

Coins; banknotes; currency notes; securities payable to bearer; gold, silver, platinum, manufactured or not; jewelry, precious stones.

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Observations

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[Revise the sixth entry to read as follows:]

6. The importation of books, publications, films, tapes, and CDs containing scientific information, which are not illegal according to the laws and regulations of Iran, and other products concerning technical and scientific matters in the fields of printing, distribution, and copying, which are not illegal according to the laws and regulations of Iran are subject to authorization from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, or the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, as appropriate.

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Iraq

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Seafood and fish (includes canned fish or seafood).

[Remove the entry for “Fish and fish products, except for canned items.” In addition, insert the following entries in alphabetical order:]

Meats.

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[Remove the entry beginning with “Import licenses are required for many articles…,” and also remove the last three entries in the list. In addition, insert the following entries in alphabetical order:]

Food products not listed in the Prohibitions section may be mailed in quantities not to exceed 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) per food item or 15 kilograms (33 pounds) per total food shipment. To import larger quantities from abroad, the prospective recipient must obtain an import license issued by the Israeli government.

Import licenses are required for many articles including radios, televisions, and other transmitters; medical or scientific instruments; underwater equipment and cinematographic film; postal stamps exceeding 100 Israeli pounds; and plants.

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Jamaica

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[Insert the following entry in alphabetical order:]

Cellular telephones are not permitted unless the phones are sent in the manufacturer’s packaging.

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Kazakhstan

Deer horns, hooves, and antlers.

[Revise the list of Prohibitions in its entirety to read as follows (note that we have used bold text in this article to indicate new entries and revised text, but the text in the actual revised IMM will not appear in bold):]

Coins, banknotes, credit notes or any securities payable to bearer, checks, precious metals (whether manufactured or not), precious stones, natural diamonds, jewels and other valuable articles, and foreign currency are prohibited. Kazakhstan will accept no liability for loss of or damage to such items.

Cultural artifacts.

Explosives and explosive or inflammable substances, pyrotechnic articles (fireworks, etc.).

Firearms and bladed weapons or articles of similar construction for civilian service, ammunition, special dual purpose (civilian and military) technical devices, and parts and accessories thereof.

Foreign currency.

Human organs and/or substances, and blood and blood parts.

Implements for fishing aquatic biological resources.

Live animals except bees, leeches, and silkworms.

Military weapons.

Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and precursors, including in drug form.

Natural precious stones, waste thereof, powder from precious stones, pearls, yellow amber.

Nuclear materials and equipment; radioactive materials, fuels and corrosive materials.

Originals and copies of military service records, identity cards, and passports.

Perishable foodstuffs.

Perishable infectious biological substances.

Perishable noninfectious biological substances.

Plant protection products subject to the provisions of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of May 22, 2001.

Plants of any kind and in any form, including seeds.

Poisons, toxic substances of animal origin.

Precious metals, alloys, minerals, concentrates, rubble, and waste from precious metals.

Printed matter, plastic materials, stock footage, photographic material, audio and video material containing propaganda against the political regime and liable to threaten the integrity and security of the State or aimed at undermining its authority, materials that promote war, cruelty, violence and pornography, and materials that promote social, racial, national, religious, genetic or caste superiority.

Rare animal and vegetable products and endangered animals and plants.

Rare metals, raw materials, alloys, combinations, and products.

Special technical publications on the covert reception of intelligence.

Sturgeon and salmon caviar.

Substances harmful to the ozone layer.

Tobacco products and smoking mixtures of all kinds.

Restrictions

[Delete the entry for “Live animals except bees, leeches, and silkworms”. That entry now appears in the Prohibitions list.]

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Russia

Implements for fishing aquatic biological resources.

[Delete the entry beginning with “Firearms….” In addition, insert the following entries in alphabetical order:]

Cultural artifacts.

Firearms of all kinds, including parts thereof, ammunition, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and similar arms.

Human organs and/or substances, and blood and blood parts.

Live animals except bees, leeches, and silkworms.

Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and precursors, including in drug form.

Ozone depleting substances.

Perishable items.

Plants of any kind and in any form, including seeds.

Weapons of any kind, and parts thereof.

n They are of a pornographic nature.

[Remove the entry beginning with “Books….” In addition, insert the following entry in alphabetical order:]

Printed or audiovisual materials are prohibited if any of the following apply:

n They propagate extremist or terrorist activities or publicly justify terrorism.

n They are intended to spread propaganda containing Nazi ideas or symbols, or ideas or symbols that might be confused with those of Nazi ideology.

n They contain information that could be prejudicial to the political and economic interests of Russia, to public safety, or to the health and morality of its citizens.

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Saudi Arabia

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