Saint Lucia customs regulations

Duty-free allowance

Cigarettes

Restricted to travellers 18 years and over. One of the following:

• 200 cigarettes;
• 50 cigars;
• or 2 kg loose tobacco.

Bringing alcohol

• Restricted to travellers 18 years and over;
• 40 fl oz. of alcohol.

Other Goods

• Personal goods, such as clothing and toiletries.
• Gifts and souvenirs up to a value of EC$270 may be imported. This allowance can only be claimed once a year and does not apply to alcohol, cigarettes, or commercial goods.

Prohibited items

The following are goods which cannot be brought into the country.

• Counterfeit currency and goods.
• Food unfit for human consumption.
• Indecent or obscene prints, paintings, photographs, and other media.
• Matches containing white or yellow phosphorus.
• Opium, morphine, cocaine, LSD, marijuana and other narcotic drugs.
• Utensils intended for the preparation and consumption of illegal drugs.
• Any pistol or other apparatus in the form of a pen or pencil capable of firing any kind of shot cartridge.
• Any cartridge containing gas.
• Fictitious stamps and any die, paint instrument or materials capable of making such stamps.
• Condoms manufactured by MONKOK LATIX of South Korea.
• Flick knives and blades, night sticks, ratchet knives and other similar knives with flying blades
• Shaving brushes made in or exported from Japan.
• All media associated with black magic, secret magic obeah, witchcraft or other magical arts and occultism.

Restricted items

These goods are strictly regulated, and in most cases require a permit to be obtained prior to arrival.

• The import of live animals, including pets, is subject to certain restrictions, and requires an import permit from the Veterinary Service of Saint Lucia.
• Endangered animals, plants, and their derivative products protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may require protected species permit.