Prohibited Items (International service)

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Prohibited Items

Prohibition/Restriction of Imports to Malaysia

The following goods are absolutely prohibited from importation:

•	Reproduction of any currency note, bank note, or coin which are currently been issued in any country.
•	Indecent printings, paintings, photographs, books, cards, lithographic, engravings, films, video tapes, laser discs, color slides, computer disc and any other media.
•	Any device which intended to be prejudicial to the interest of Malaysia or unsuited with peace.
•	All genuses of Piranha fish.
•	Turtle eggs.
•	Cocoa pods, rambutans, pulasan, longan, and namnam fruits from Philippines and Indonesia.
•	Intoxicating liquors containing more than3.46 milligrams per liter in any lead or in any compound of copper.
•	Daggers and flick knives.
•	Broadcast receivers capable of receiving radio communication within the ranges (68 - 87) MHz and (108 - 174) MHz
•	Sodiumarsenate.
•	Cloth bearing the imprint or duplicate of any verses of the Quran.
•	Pen, pencil, and other articlesresembling syringes.
•	Poisonous chemical
•	Lightning arresters containing radioactive material.

The importations of goods specified below are prohibited except under an import licence or permit from relevant authorities:

•	Egg in theshells.
•	Any meat, bones, hide, skin, hoofs, horns, offal or any part of the animals and Poultry.
•	Live animals-primates including ape, monkey, lemur, galago, potto, and others.
•	Explosives and Fireworks
•	Imitationarms, toy gun / pistols.
•	Imitation hand grenades.
•	Arms and ammunition other than personal arms ammunition imported by bona fide traveller.
•	Bullet proof vests, steel helmets and other articles of clothing as protection against attack.
•	Soil and pests including live insects, rats, snails, and cultures ofplant disease causing organisms.
•	Safety helmets (except as worn by motorcyclists or motorcycle pillion riders).
•	Video machines excluding game watches and video games for use with television receiver.
•	Motor vehicles.
•	Batik sarong.
•	Rice and padi including rice products.
•	Equipment to be connected to a public telecommunication network.
•	Radio communication being used for telecommunication in the frequency lower than 3000 GHz.
•	Saccharin and its salt.
•	Parabola antenna for outdoor use.
•	Pests and organisms which are capable of being injurious to plants.
•	Live fish.
•	Animal oils and fats.
•	Plants include parts and plant products.
•	Household and agricultural pesticides.
•	Electric domestic equipments that use 50 volt or 120 volt Dc or more
•	Toxic and/or hazardous wastes.
•	Corals, alive or dead.
•	Apparatus/equipment for the brewing of beer in the home.
•	Pharmaceutical products

Illicit Drugs
The punishment for drug trafficking is death by hanging.

Import and export of illicit drugs (e.g.: morphine, heroine, candu, marijuana, etc.) are strictly prohibited.

Prescribed drugs can only be imported into or exported from the country by virtue of a licence issued by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

Prohibition / Restriction of Exports from Malaysia

The following goods are absolutely prohibited from exportation

•	Turtle eggs.
•	Rattan from Peninsula of Malaysia.

The following are some of the goods which require an export licence/permit from relevant authorities:

•	Any animal or bird, other than a domestic animal or domestic fowl, whether alive or dead or any part thereof.
•	Live animals from bovine species.
•	Poultry.
•	Meat of bovine animals.
•	Cockles.
•	Plants including orchids.
•	Vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen in excess 3kg per consignment.
•	Palm kernels and palm seeds.
•	Militaryclothing and equipment.
•	Arms and ammunition.
•	Antiquities as defined or stated in any written law in Malaysia.
•	Sugar and rice
•	Coral, alive or dead.
•	Live prawns/shrimps/fish.
•	Collections ofzoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, or ethnographical with numismatic interest.