When preparing to go on a trip to another country, they usually learn in advance the list of items allowed for entry there so that there are no problems at the customs. But not always the list of what can be imported coincides with the list of items allowed for export from the country. Therefore, before you start packing your suitcases to return home, you need to check if you have what you do not want to export.
In this article we will consider what exactly can not be exported from Turkey.
What is strictly forbidden to export from Turkey?
- The weapon.
- Drugs and drugs with a high content of drugs
- Antiques, that is all items created before 1945.
- Archaeological finds, from Turkey, you can not export even stones collected in any place.
Rules for the export of goods from Turkey
The tourist is allowed to take out free of charge from Turkey only 70 kg of luggage and 20 kg of hand luggage of personal belongings and gifts, excess weight is paid. Restrictions exist for the export of the following goods:
- Jewelry - for more than 15 thousand dollars will need to provide a check from the jewelry store and make them in the declaration.
- Carpets - when buying, you must take the documents for delivery at the border (a sales receipt with an indication of the date of manufacture).
- Valuable personal products (worth more than $ 15,000) can be removed if they were registered in the customs declaration when entering the country, or if there are accompanying documents confirming the implementation of their purchase for the currency imported legally.
- Alcohol - is subject to export from the country if purchased in the free airport zone of Turkey. But we must take into account that there is a restriction on carrying on board the aircraft - 1 liter per person, the restriction does not apply to the registered goods lodged in luggage.
- Souvenirs, stones, seashells - you can take out of Turkey, only if you have a purchase receipt and a certificate from any museum that confirms that this item is less than a hundred years old and is not antiques.
- Cash - the national currency (Turkish lira) can be exported in an amount that does not exceed $ 1000 in recalculation, and in dollars - up to $ 10,000.
To warn tourists, at airports posted ads on a strict ban on the export of items that have historical, archaeological or cultural value. Now they are in Turkish, English and Russian.
Knowing that you can not bring from Turkey, you will avoid dangerous purchases or at least provide them with accompanying documents.