IMM Revision: Updates to Various Individual Country Listings

[Insert the following entry under Prohibitions in alphabetical order to read as follows:]

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

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Belgium

[Delete in its entirety the prohibition reading “Empty ink cartridges or empty laser toner cartridges.”]

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Bhutan

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[Revise the Observation section in its entirety to read as follows (removing “None” and inserting the following entry):]

In order to facilitate customs clearance and delivery of postal items containing merchandise of any kind, all items sent to private individuals in Bhutan from businesses abroad, and all commercial items, should be accompanied by the relevant invoice(s). Items that are not accompanied by the corresponding invoice could be delayed, so it is recommended that the mailer include on the invoice the phone number of the sender and the phone number and email address of the addressee.

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Brazil

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland

[Insert a new item 1 to read as follows (redesignating existing items 1 through 5 as 2 through 6):]

1. Brazil reserves the right to collect a “presentation-to-Customs charge” from customers for any item submitted to customs control, even if no customs charges are levied.

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Ammunition, except lead pellets.

[Revise the Prohibitions section in its entirety to read as follows:]

Aerosols.

Animals, live (including reptiles).

Arms and parts of arms, or any component classified as munitions of war; imitations and antiques; paint-ball or toy guns; taser guns; air rifles, air pistols, components of firearms, and all other items similar to or resembling the foregoing.

Articles, goods infringing British trademarks or copyright laws.

Asbestos items of any kind.

Christmas crackers (holiday popper).

Clinical and medical waste (e.g., contaminated dressings, bandages, and needles).

Coins; platinum, gold, or silver (manufactured or not); precious stones; jewels; and other valuable articles.

Counterfeit currency, bank notes, and postage stamps.

Dies and equipment for making imitations, etc., of any current postage stamp for denoting any rate of postage.

Fish, live.

Frozen food.

Frozen water (including bags of ice).

Goods made in foreign prisons, except those imported for a noncommercial purpose or of a kind not manufactured in the United Kingdom.

Human and animal cremated remains (ashes).

Indecent and obscene prints, paintings, books, cards, lithographs, and other engravings, films, video tapes, or any other indecent or obscene articles.

Lead acid batteries (e.g., car batteries) and sealed lead acid batteries.

Lottery tickets and related advertisements for illegal lotteries.

Medicines classified as flammable or toxic.

Radioactive materials and samples that are classified as radioactive using Table 2-12 of the latest edition of the International Civil Aviation organization’s Technical Instructions — e.g., fissile material (uranium 235, etc.), radioactive waste material, thorium, or uranium ores and luminous dials from aircraft.

Soil.

Soiled clothes and rags.

Stun gun, electric.

Switchblade knives (also knows as flick knives) and gravity knives.

Waste, dirt, filth, or refuse, including household waste or rubbish.

[Revise the Restrictions section in its entirety to read as follows:]

A consignment of live bees must contain only queen bees and their attendant workers; colonies are not permitted. Each consignment must be accompanied by an import license issued by the Dept. of Agriculture (DEFRA) and a health certificate issued by the country of origin.

Caterpillars, cockroaches, crickets, destroyers of noxious pests, earthworms, fish fry and eggs, flies of the family Drosophilidae, leeches, lugworms, maggots, mealworms, pupae and chrysalides, rag worms, silkworms, spiders, and stick insects are admissible only for biomedical research (see license requirement for bees).

Medicines and drugs when sent for scientific purposes must be sent by a practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse, or recognized laboratory or institution.

Plants and parts of plants require an import permit issued by the appropriate Agricultural Department in the United Kingdom.

Vaccines may be sent only by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse, or recognized laboratory or institution.

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Greece

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[Insert a new item 3 to read as follows (redesignating existing item 3 as new item 4):]

3. Greece reserves the right to collect a “presentation-to-Customs charge” from customers for any item submitted to customs control, even if no customs charges are levied.

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Iran

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

Coins; banknotes; currency notes; travelers checks; securities payable to bearer; gold, silver, platinum, whether manufactured or not; jewelry, precious stones, or other valuable articles. Iran will accept no liability for loss of or damage to such items.

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Mexico

[Revise the entry beginning with “Coins” to read as follows (amending the statement regarding “securities”), and insert an entry for electronic cigarettes in alphabetical order to read as follows:]

Coins; banknotes; currency notes (paper money); securities or checks of any kind payable to bearer; traveler’s checks; platinum, gold, or silver, manufactured or not; precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles.

Electronic cigarettes.

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[Revise items 2 and 3 to read as follows.]

2. Import permits or licenses are required for merchandise exceeding U.S. $1,000. Merchandise valued less than U.S. $1,000 does not require an import permit.

3. To speed delivery of items subject to customs duty, commercial shipments must be accompanied by two copies of the commercial invoice, and inserted inside the package.

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Peru

[Insert the following entry in alphabetical order to read as follows:]

Vitamins.

[Revise the Restrictions section in its entirety to read as follows (removing “No list furnished” and inserting the following entry):]

Telecommunications equipment (including mobile telephones) requires a license from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications before mailing.

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Turkey

Playing cards, other than children’s games.

[Insert the following entries in alphabetical order to read as follows:]

Tea.

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[Insert the following entries in alphabetical order to read as follows:]

Mailable tobacco and tobacco products may not be declared as a “gift” on customs declarations, irrespective of whether they are subject to or exempt from Turkish customs duties.

Mobile phones may not be declared as a “gift” on customs declarations, irrespective of whether they are subject to or exempt from Turkish customs duties.

[Remove in its entirety the entry beginning with “Tobacco” (including references to playing cards and tea, which now appear in the Prohibitions section).]

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Ukraine

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[In item 1, revise the indented list of food items to read as follows (adding three items between “cocoa” and “other processed foodstuffs”):]

Meats, fish, shell fish, milk and dairy products, birds’ eggs, natural honey, fruits and nuts, coffee, tea, spices, vegetables, grains, cereals, flour, fats and oils, animal and vegetable by-products, sugar, cocoa, dietary supplements, foods for special dietary consumptions, functional foods, and other processed foodstuffs.

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Uzbekistan