(1) Meat: All chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows, sheep, deer and horses are not allowed. Whether it is sealed, vacuum, or covered with dozens of plastic bags. Whether it's floss, sausage, moon cakes or biscuits, ham, canned meat, bacon, sauced meat, fresh meat, bacon, dried meat, patties and jiaozi with meat stuffing, it's not allowed.
But in rare cases, it may be brought: if the meat is sealed in a can, and the trademark clearly indicates that it is cooked in English, and this can can can be kept for a long time without freezing.
(2) If you take food with you on the plane, leave the leftover fruits, meat and intestines on the plane, and don't bring them down.
(3) All kinds of fish can be used, such as fish floss, dried fish, canned fish and raw fish. Caviar is limited to 250 grams, and it will be confiscated if it exceeds 250 grams.
(4) If there is egg yolk or meat in the moon cake, it is not allowed to bring it. Other kinds of moon cakes are ok. If there is a clear description of the contents of the mooncake box, there is no need to open it, otherwise customs officers may not only open the box, but also cut the mooncakes for inspection. If someone wants to exploit the loopholes, it may not be feasible to get a fake trademark, because meat can be seen when scanning. If you cut it open and find it is meat, the trouble will be even greater.
(5) Seasoning can be brought, as can tofu, pickles and various sauces, but it is easy to spill, and bottles and cans are easy to break, so be careful. Generally, domestic supermarkets have them here, so it is not recommended to bring them. Dry seasoning is ok, but California has not allowed peppers to enter the country in recent years, so friends who leave California should pay attention.
Generally speaking, the foods allowed to be brought into the country include:
● Artificial sauces containing no meat, such as various condiments, vinegar, vegetable oil, mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, jam, syrup, jelly, pickles, etc.
● Baked food or mixed food containing dairy products and eggs must have a commercial logo, packed in the original packaging, and can be eaten without treatment, such as bread, biscuits, cakes, oatmeal bars, potato chips, finished grain, etc.
Candy, pudding, chocolate, etc.
● Cheese: solid cheese, butter, butter, sour cream, sour cream, feta cheese, brie cheese, Camembert cheese, brine cheese, mozzarella cheese, buffalo mozzarella cheese, Italian cheese, British cheddar cheese, etc. However, farm cheese, whey cheese and cream cheese produced in countries with hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic situation are not allowed to enter the country;
Liquid milk and dairy products consumed by infants for several days or in small quantities; However, milk or goat milk and its finished products produced in countries where hand, foot and mouth disease or rinderpest epidemic occurs must have an import license from the Ministry of Agriculture;
● Self-use canned food or canned food in large bottles without meat and poultry products and vacuum packaging;
Fresh, frozen, dried, smoked, canned or cooked fish, shrimp, abalone and other seafood for personal use;
Dried fruit: various air-dried fruits, such as preserved apricots, Niu Fu Guo Hua, red gooseberry, date palms, figs, gooseberry, pears, prunes, raisins, gooseberry pulp, etc.
● The original packaged powdered brewed beverage contains English ingredients, but whether it can enter the country depends on the judgment of customs agricultural experts at the port of entry;
● Commercial canned fruit juice;
Commercially available packaged tea leaves that can be directly brewed, soaked or heated by microwave oven; However, it is strictly forbidden to enter the country with coca leaves, Fu Niu mosaic and loose orange leaves;
Coffee without pulp, roasted or unbaked;
● You can't import more than 250g of caviar. If it exceeds the limit, it will be confiscated.
● Spices: All kinds of air-dried spices can enter the country except those made from leaves and seeds of other citrus plants such as oranges, lemons and limes, and seeds of citronella and other vegetables and fruits;
Honey: Honeycomb honey, royal jelly, bee bread, propolis, etc. It can be brought into China, but it should not be used to feed bees;
● Instant noodles and Lamian Noodles: The seasoning package must contain no meat or eggs;
● Rice: shelled rice products such as white rice, basmati rice, brown rice, brown rice, polished rice and rice flour can enter the country; From July 30, 20 1 1, non-commercial rice imported from countries with haba beetle disease is prohibited from entering the country.
● Flour: wheat flour, rice flour, oat flour and corn flour;
● Mushrooms: whether fresh or air-dried, they must be above the ground, clean and soilless;
● Nuts: all kinds of processed nuts (such as grinding, drying, mashing, baking, cooking, etc.) can enter the country; Others, such as almonds, betel nuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, carnauba nuts, hazelnuts, Java olives, ginkgo, macadamia nuts, pecans, Philippine olives, macadamia nuts, walnuts, etc., must be shelled before entering the country;
● All foods and agricultural products carried by individuals, including the above-mentioned foods that can enter the country, need to be declared. China citizens should pay special attention not to bring moon cakes, zongzi, bacon, bacon, sausage, dried meat, ham, roast duck and other meat products into the country.
As global epidemics and pests may occur at any time, the customs cannot list all the foods that can be brought into the country. For details, please visit the website of the American Animal and Plant Health and Quarantine Administration or call1-301-851-3300 or toll-free 1-877-770-5990.
2. Cash
Those who carry more than US$ 65,438+US$ 0,000 in equivalent currency must truthfully fill out the US Customs Declaration Form. Don't worry, you won't be charged for reporting, just register. Those who fail to declare truthfully may be investigated for civil and criminal responsibilities, including confiscation of their currency and financial instruments.
The United States is a country without foreign exchange control. Gold used to be limited, but now it is gone. All kinds of gold coins and gold bars can be used, and the quantity is not limited. Gold coins, medals and gold bars can be brought into China. However, the above items from or from Cuba, Iran, Myanmar and Sudan are prohibited from entering the country. If the issuing country has no corresponding mark, imitation gold coins are not allowed to enter the country.
3. medicine
Generally speaking, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not allow prescription drugs purchased from outside the United States to enter the country. Only prescription drugs that can be legally prescribed in the United States can be imported for personal use.
The United States Customs prohibits the carrying of narcotic psychotropic drugs, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, stimulants, antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs, and some drugs that are easily abused by criminals, such as flunitrazepam (also known as cocaine) and LSD (a strong hallucinogen). Drugs such as a psychedelic drug and Fen-Fen (a diet drug) are prohibited from entering the country, and it is also prohibited to mail or carry imported counterfeit drugs, over-the-counter drugs and medical devices, including non-traditional drugs or devices for treating cancer, AIDS, arthritis or multiple sclerosis.
Even if these drugs or devices are prescribed by doctors in other countries, they are legal in other countries, as long as they are not approved by the FDA. In addition, some drugs permitted by the federal government may be illegal in some states.
The United States Customs advises immigrants to bring only the right amount of medicine needed for the journey. If the drugs you need to bring contain potentially addictive or narcotic ingredients, please be sure to declare all the drugs you bring to the customs officer.
China citizens often bring some Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines into the country. As a reminder, you can bring some cold medicine or daily medication, but the dosage should not exceed your daily consumption. Western medicine and Chinese patent medicine should be packed in original packaging, with Chinese and English instructions or descriptions of drug ingredients. Please bring a doctor's prescription or a doctor's statement. This medicine is necessary to ensure your travel health. Do not bring drugs containing banned or restricted ingredients into the country at one time. These Chinese medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines containing prohibited ingredients include:
● Ephedrine drugs: Biyan tablets, Chailian oral liquid, Dahuoluo pills, Zhuifeng ointment, compound Chuanbei cough syrup, Ganmao capsules, Jizhi syrup, etc.
● Strychnine: Da Die Wanhua Oil, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tablets, Guci Capsules, Arthritis Ointment, Jingyaokang Capsules, Weierkang Tablets and Yaotongning Capsules;
● Morphines: Changweining, Kechuanning, Kesuding, Keke, Xiaoerzhixieling, etc.
● Traditional Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines containing animals or animal organs, such as scorpions, centipedes, toads, pangolins, leeches, bear gall, tiger bones, snake gall, snake slough, cicada slough, velvet antler, musk, ox horn, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, bird's nest, bezoar, donkey-hide gelatin and other ingredients (please refer to relevant domestic websites for the animals that can be used as medicines).
Please refer to the drug page on the website of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information on drugs brought into and imported by individuals. If you want to know whether a specific drug can be imported into the United States, please contact the Import Business and Policy Department of FDA at 1-30 1-796-0356. If you want to know about the import of some restricted drugs, please contact the International Drug Administration at 1-202-305-8800.
In addition, Chinese medicine products must be non-parasitic plants. Rare Chinese herbal medicines such as snake gall, leopard bone, tiger skin and velvet antler. It belongs to protected animals and is forbidden to be brought into the United States. Parasitic plants such as rabbit silk seeds and Dendrobium officinale are also banned, including cocaine, and Chinese medicine Chenpi is also banned.
4. Liquid
The size of liquid, spray or hair spray container in hand luggage must be equal to or less than 100 ml. All containers must be sealed in a transparent plastic bag with a capacity of one liter, and each person is limited to one plastic bag. The capacity of plastic bags should not exceed 1 liter, that is, about 20X20 or 15X25.
When you arrive at the security checkpoint, you must hand over any liquids, sprays and hairspray you still carry with you, including such duty-free goods. Containers exceeding 100 ml should be packed in checked baggage or taken away. Half-full containers with capacity exceeding 100 ml cannot be carried. The new regulations will also increase random body searches during security inspection.
5. Alcohol and tobacco
Each adult can bring 0.95 liter of wine into the United States duty-free, or 300 cigarettes or 50 cigars, or 1.35 kg of tobacco leaves (not made in Cuba) duty-free. When these goods exceed the quota enter the country, they must pay excessive customs duties.
6, pets
In the United States, it is forbidden to produce, transport, distribute, sell, import and export fur products containing cats and dogs, and offenders will be severely punished. China citizens should be careful not to bring gloves, hats, clothes, mattresses, cushions and other clothing, shoes and hats containing cat and dog hair into the country.
Bringing pets into the country is strictly restricted and controlled.
● Cats: When bringing cats into China, they will be inspected by the customs for epidemic prevention at the port of entry. If there is evidence that they have diseases that can be transmitted to people, they will be refused entry. If the pet's health condition is obviously poor, the veterinarian will do further examination, and the relevant expenses will be borne by me.
Rabies vaccination is not required to bring cats into the country, but it is required in some States. It is recommended to know the specific requirements for bringing cats into China before entering the country. All pet cats entering Hawaii and Guam, even if they are from the United States, must undergo local epidemic prevention inspection.
● Dogs: US Customs requires all dogs entering the country to have rabies vaccination certificates, and some flights or entry States may also require health certificates to prove that they have no other diseases that can infect people.
The rabies immunization certificate must prove that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies at least 30 days before entry, and indicate the dog's identity, vaccination time, effective time and veterinary signature. If the expiration date is not indicated on the certificate, the dog will be allowed to enter the country as long as it has been vaccinated within 0/2 months before entry. Dogs entering from rabies-free countries do not need to be vaccinated. The above requirements also apply to service dogs such as guide dogs.
Dogs that do not carry rabies vaccination certificates must be quarantined until 30 days after the quarantine certificate is vaccinated. Dogs too young to be vaccinated (less than 3 months) should be quarantined until they are old enough to be vaccinated, and they can only enter the country after 30 days of quarantine. The quarantine contract can be obtained from the quarantine office at the port of entry.
7. CDs
U.S. Customs does not inspect CDs. Take pirated CDs like this, throw away all the skins and put them in CD bags, so no one knows what they are. If you have American-made packaging and software, such as windows, unpacked and checked in the United States, then you are finished. Or pirated American movies.
Generally speaking, if you bring a small amount of things that may be confiscated, a large amount will be suspected of human trafficking, and you may be fined or imprisoned. If you like packaging, American Customs doesn't care about China's games, movies and DVDs, because we don't know whether they are genuine or not, even if they are pirated, it won't affect the interests of American companies. CDs are duty-free and do not need to be declared.
China Beijing Customs sometimes checks pirated CDs, but Shanghai Customs generally doesn't. If your plane flies from Beijing to Shanghai and then to the United States, you usually check your luggage in Beijing.
9. Textiles and clothing
Generally speaking, there is no limit on the quantity of textiles and clothes that can be brought into the country for personal use or as gifts. But beyond the scope of personal tax exemption, the excess will be taxed. When suspected of commercial activities, the number of clothes that individuals can carry will be limited.
In addition, Life Jun would also like to remind that getting an American visa does not mean getting a pass to enter the United States. In order to ensure that immigrants abide by American laws, border guards and customs will conduct spot checks and interviews on immigrants. Therefore, in addition to knowing what prohibited items are before going out, you should also know the entry and exit procedures carefully, so that you can be more handy when entering and leaving the country.
At the port of entry, customs officials will check whether the luggage carried by the immigrants is contraband and whether it is taxed.
Duty-free goods?
1, personal property:
Clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, hunting or fishing equipment, cameras, portable radios and other similar personal articles and articles worn by individuals are exempt from tax if they are only used for personal use. The above items can follow you in and out of the country.
If you immigrate to the United States, personal ornaments such as jewelry with a value of $300 or more for personal use and duty-free shall not be sold for 3 years without paying customs duties. The above-mentioned goods sold without tax will be seized and confiscated.
2. Alcoholic beverages:
Non-residents aged 2 1 can bring beer, wine, liquor and other alcoholic beverages 1 liter into the country duty-free, but only for personal use. Alcoholic beverages in excess of the above amount will be subject to customs duties and domestic taxes.
In addition, in addition to federal laws, you must also abide by state alcoholic beverage laws that may be stricter than federal laws.
3. Tobacco products:
Passengers can carry a box of cigarettes (200 cigarettes), or 50 cigars, or 2 liters (4.4 pounds) of tobacco, or the above items in proportion. ? Cigars made in Cuba are prohibited from entering the United States for personal use or as gifts.
4. Household items:
Furniture, tableware, books, works of art and other household items can be imported duty-free.
5. Duty-free gifts:
Non-residents can bring gifts with a value not exceeding 100 US dollars duty-free. To make the above-mentioned gifts tax-free, you must stay in the United States for at least 72 hours, during which time, the above-mentioned gifts must accompany you. For the convenience of customs officials, your gift should not be wrapped.
6. Gifts by post:?
The retail value of gifts mailed from another country or Caribbean beneficiary country does not exceed $65,438+000, which is tax-free. If the gift comes from the Virgin Islands, American Samoa or Guam, the gift limit should not exceed $200. Gifts exceeding the above value will be taxed. ?
Note: Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and alcoholic perfumes are not included in the above provisions.
7. Items purchased in duty-free shops:
Goods purchased in duty-free shops, airplanes and ships that exceed the amount or amount of duty-free items that individuals can carry are taxed by the customs.
When non-US residents transit the United States, if the articles carried by individuals, including no more than 4 liters of alcoholic beverages, will be taken out of the scope of US customs taxation, and the value of the above articles does not exceed 200 US dollars, they will be exempted from tax.
Dutiable goods?
Articles beyond the above tax exemption range will be taxed. The collection method is: after deducting the value of the goods that should be exempted from tax, the part with the value of 65,438 USD+0,000 Yuan is subject to the uniform tax rate of 3%, and the part with the value exceeding 65,438 USD+0,000 Yuan is subject to the tax rate applicable to the goods.
Articles taxed at the uniform tax rate must be carried with you and can only be used for personal use or as gifts.
The uniform tax rate for articles obtained in the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam is 5%, whether they follow you or are sent to the mainland of the United States.
Articles prohibited or restricted from entering the country refer to the above, and the customs will update some illegal articles from time to time.