Morocco Customs Alert: What Expats Can’t Bring Home This Summer

Strictly prohibited imports:

• Arms and ammunition of war
• Narcotics
• All writings, printed materials, recorded cassettes and videocassettes and objects contrary to morals and public order
• Counterfeit goods (Import and Export)

Imports subject to special formalities:

• Animals and animal products: veterinary certificate issued by the competent services of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA)
• Plant products: phytosanitary certificate issued by the competent services of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA)
• Endangered species of wild fauna and flora and specimens of these species (Washington Convention): CITES certificate issued by the Department of Water and Forests
• Hunting weapons and their ammunition: authorization issued by the National Security services
• Certain industrial products subject to normative control, such as new clothing, footwear, cooking appliances, washing machines, etc. imported in commercial quantities: market access authorization issued by the Department of Industry and Commerce
• More than one unit of telecommunications equipment: approval from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT)
• Products subject to an import license such as:
• >Unmanned aerial vehicles, propelled by an engine and remote-controlled (drones and model aircraft, for example)
• > Bladed weapons of any kind
Etc.

Documents to be provided:

• Original certificate of change of residence issued by the municipal authority of the place of departure, or by the Moroccan consulate of the jurisdiction with mention of your status (employee, merchant, student, etc.).
• Detailed inventory, dated and signed by you, of the personal effects and furniture making up your move.
• Detailed list of used equipment and tools, dated and signed by you (only for Moroccans Residing Abroad who have engaged in a permanent lucrative activity and are returning definitively to the country).