Product | Reason for Prohibition/Restriction |
Import Prohibitions |
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Counterfeit and substandard coins | Public order |
Food unsuitable for human consumption | Public Health |
Indecent printed articles | Public Morality |
Infected cattle, sheep or other animals, or their carcasses, hides, skins, horns, hoofs, and other parts | To prevent the introduction or spread of any communicable disease |
Matches containing white and yellow | Technical regulation (health regulations) |
Goods that, if sold, would be liable to forfeiture under the Merchandise Marks Act, and goods manufactured outside Guyana that do not carry an indication of the country in which they were made (unless deemed otherwise by the Commissioner General of the GRA) | Trademarks legislation |
Prepared opium and pipes | Public health |
Shaving brushes manufactured in or exported from Japan | Technical regulation (due to past cases of tetanus) |
Fictitious stamps and any dye, plate, instrument, or materials capable of making any such stamps | Public order |
Goods the importation of which is prohibited by any other Law of Guyana | N/A |
Restricted Imports |
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Arms and ammunition, except with the written permission of the Commissioner of Police |
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Cocaine, heroin, cannabis, cannabis inca, choras, and preparations thereof, except under license of the Chief Medical Officer | Public health |
Imitation banknotes, unless with the approval of the Commissioner-General | Public order |
Spirits and wine, unless in aircraft or in ships of 27.3 tons burden at least, and in casks or other vessels of 41 liters at least, or in glass or stone bottles packed in cases, or in demijohn, each case of demijohn containing not less than 41 liters | Prevention of smuggling |
Tobacco, cigars, cigarillos or cigarettes unless in aircraft or in ships of 90.1-ton burden at least and in whole and complete packages each containing not less than 9.1 kg. net weight | Prevention of smuggling |
Tobacco extracts, essences or other concentrations of tobacco, or any admixture thereof, tobacco stalks and tobacco stalk flour except under such conditions as the Commissioner-General with approval of the Minister may allow | Prevention of smuggling |
Goods the importation of which is regulated by any other law of Guyana | N/A |
Exotic fish, except with license by the Chief Agricultural Officer | Sanitary reasons (to protect local fish from imported diseases) |
Cinematographic films, unless the Minister responsible for public order and morality issues to the importer a certificate of importation | Public order and morality |
Printed matter considered by the Minister responsible for public safety and order, to be prejudicial to the defense of Guyana, public safety, or public order | Public safety and order |
Certain vehicles imported by a Guyanese citizen returning home or a person importing or receiving the vehicle as a gift from overseas. Importers may not sell, dispose of or transfer the vehicle within three years of the date of importation. Certain conditions are also attached to gifts. | Tax exemptions |