Prohibited imports
For a complete list of prohibited goods see Fact Sheet 5. The following are examples of goods that are prohibited. They should not be imported:
Objectionable (indecent) articles such as videotapes, films, records, CD-ROMs, and publications
Motor vehicles with an odometer reading that does not correctly record the distance the vehicle has been driven, and motor vehicles without an odometer
Certain types of weapons such as flick knives, butterfly knives, swordsticks, knuckle-dusters, and any weapon designed or disguised to give the appearance of another article
Cannabis utensils such as bongs, hash and head pipes, hubble-bubbles, hookahs, and roach clips with a pincer or tweezer action
Ivory in any form, including jewellery, and carvings
Tortoise or sea turtle shell jewellery, and ornaments
Meat or other food derived from whales, dolphins, rare cranes, and pheasants, or sea turtles
Medicines using musk, or rhinoceros or tiger derivatives such as ground horn or bone
Carvings or other things made from whalebone or bone from many other marine mammals
Cat skins or coats
Trophies of sea turtles, all big cats, rare reptiles, cranes, pheasants, bears, antelope, and deer
Live species, including pet eagles, hawks, owls and parrots, many cacti, orchids, cycads, cyclamens, and carnivorous plants.