Traveller allowances: what you can bring into Morocco

Residents of Morocco returning from a trip

With no declaration and no duty to pay, you can bring in:

• your clothes and personal belongings;
• one 150 ml perfume and one 250 ml eau de toilette;
• 200 g of manufactured tobacco;
• one litre of wine and one litre of spirits;
• gifts and souvenirs worth MAD 2,000 in total, in limited quantity and of no commercial nature.

Anything beyond must be declared: duties are calculated and paid on the spot, against a receipt.

Moroccans living abroad (MRE)

Furniture, household appliances, TVs, mopeds and carpets beyond the first are excluded from the MAD 25,000 allowance. Items above it can be left in customs storage for 45 days.

Foreign visitors

Visitors get the same tobacco, alcohol and perfume quantities, and gifts up to MAD 2,000. Their personal items (camera, video camera, phone, computer…) enter under temporary admission, with no formalities, and must leave with them.

When leaving, they can claim a VAT refund on purchases of at least MAD 2,000 including VAT made the same day from the same seller: show the goods, invoice and sales slip before boarding. Food, tobacco and medicines are excluded.

Cash

• Foreign-currency banknotes and bearer instruments must be declared in writing on entry and exit when they reach the equivalent of MAD 100,000. Below that, declaring is still useful to justify taking the money out again or depositing it in a bank.
• Dirham banknotes are limited to MAD 2,000 when entering or leaving Morocco.
• Failing to declare foreign currency on exit carries a fine of half the undeclared amount.

Restricted products

• Drones: an import licence is required, even for a temporary stay; otherwise they are seized.
• Phones: more than one telecom device requires approval from ANRT, the telecoms regulator.
• Medicines: allowed for personal use with a prescription or medical certificate.
• Animal and plant products: subject to health checks by ONSSA, the food safety authority.
• Hunting weapons: authorisation from the national police (DGSN). Weapons of war, narcotics and counterfeits are banned.
• New goods in commercial quantities: they count as a commercial import, with its formalities.

Green or red channel

1. 01

   Nothing to declare: green channel

   If you stay within the allowances and carry less than the equivalent of MAD 100,000 in foreign currency.

2. 02

   Something to declare: red channel

   Goods above the allowances, products needing authorisation, or currency of MAD 100,000 or more.

3. 03

   Pay and go

   Duties on personal purchases are calculated and paid immediately, against a receipt you should keep.

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