The First Schedule to the Customs (List of Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports) Order, 2009 provides a list of prohibited and restricted goods.

Prohibited imports to Barbados include:

• Counterfeit coins
• Food unfit for human consumption
• Indecent or obscene articles
• Infected cattle
• Prepared opium
• Fictitious stamps
• Toy guns
• Fresh fruits and vegetables grown in or conveyed from Florida except if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate
• Ozone-depleting substances (HS Ex 29.03)
• Goods banned by any other law of Barbados

Restricted imports:

• Arms and ammunition
• Cannabis sativa
• Spirits and wines not bottled or in containers of less than 9 gallons
• Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and cigarillos, unless in whole and complete packages
• Tobacco extracts and essences
• Goods bearing the Royal Arms of Great Britain
• Goods imported as ship’s or aircraft’s stores except for the consumption of passengers and crew
• Ozone-depleting substances (HS Ex 29.03)
• Refrigerant blends (HS Ex 38.24)
• Goods restricted by any other law of Barbados.

For further information, please contact the Barbados Customs and Excise Department.