Souvenirs and items prohibited for export in 8 countries

All tourists and travelers, even with the most budget travel format, try to bring home at least something that reminds them of their acquaintance with a new country. Often, buying a trinket or buying a serious, expensive souvenir, we do not even think about whether it will be possible to smuggle this item across the border. Since such failures, costing people money and nerves, are happening more often and the list of things prohibited for export is expanding, we decided to find for you this small but very useful cheat sheet. So, here are the items that you should not even try to bring to your home from 8 countries of the world.

Turkey

Prohibited to export:

Antiques, antiques, carpets, if they are over 100 years old. If less, you need to get the appropriate certificate at the museum and attach the check.
Historical artifacts include all kinds of fossils, whether it be stones from the beach, cobblestones from the side of the road or fragments of marble. They may turn out to be fragments of an ancient Roman column or a fragment of the Hellenistic era.
Jewelry worth over $ 15,000.
Fragments of soil, wood, any natural, geological, anthropological, archaeological objects.

Egypt

Prohibited to export:

Corals, stuffed crocodiles, sea shells, ivory, marine life. This kind of thing can be taken out if they are bought in a store and there is a check. Smuggling corals faces a fine of around $ 1,000.
Historical artifacts. Any antiquity can be exported only with a special package of documents.
Gold worth over $ 3,000.

Thailand

Prohibited to export:

Images of Buddha and Bodhisattva, objects of worship (except for neck medallions). Get permission from the Thai Department of Fine Arts or the Thalang National Museum and boldly take up to five pieces of Buddha per person.
Products made of ivory and tortoise-shell, as well as any jewelry made of leather and bone of protected animals.
Mollusk shells, raw corals and seahorses.
Platinum jewelry, raw gems, gold bullion.
Stamps and antiques without receipt and permission from the Department of Fine Arts.

Be careful with Thai pills. Drug trafficking in Thailand is punishable by death.

China

Prohibited to export:

Art objects and cultural values. If you really need it, you can get a certificate from the PRC Administration of Culture and indicate the antiques in the customs declaration.
Endangered species of animals and plants, including seeds.
Weapons, including souvenir ones - swords, sabers, swords, etc.
It is not forbidden, but the export of Chinese medicines and raw materials for them is limited - only for personal use within 300 yuan.

Germany

Prohibited to export:

Items of artistic or historical value.
More than 10 liters of gasoline in a spare canister when traveling by car.

Greece

Prohibited to export:

All antique objects, including fragments of the ruins of Hellas and pebbles from the Acropolis, which tourists are hungry for, not even aware of the prohibitions. When purchasing a copy of an antique statue, do not forget to take a check and a certificate for customs that the purchase is not of historical value.

UAE

Prohibited to export:

Objects of cultural and historical heritage.
Seeds and fruits of a palm tree.
Wild animals.
Carpets, gold and silver products without a check.

Finland

Prohibited to export:

Fresh flowers in pots.
Sturgeon caviar.
Works of art and antiques older than 50 years without permission. Antiquities can only be exported with a special certificate from the seller.

An important nuance!

Please note that not everything exported from abroad can be brought to your homeland.

Forbidden to import into Russia

(what fits into the category of souvenirs): Gemstones in any form and condition, natural diamonds, excluding jewelry.
Seeds
Potted plants.
Military equipment.

The maximum allowable weight of imported goods is 50 kg.

The cost of imported goods when crossing the air borders should not exceed 10,000 euros, while crossing other borders - 1,500 euros.