Prohibited and Restricted Imports
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Uzbekistan’s legislation prohibits import of the following items to the country:
- Narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors;
- Works of print, manuscripts, cliches, drawings, photographs, photographic films, negatives, video and audio materials aimed at undermining the state and social system, violation of territorial integrity, political independence and state sovereignty, propagandizing war, terrorism, violence, national exclusivity and religious hatred, racism and related (anti-Semitism, fascism), and pornographic materials;
- Portable laser emitters;
- Explosives and pyrotechnics;
Permission from relevant authorities is required to import the following:
- Substances harmful to the ozone layer and containing their products;
- Property of cultural value;
- Firearms and cartridge;
- Unmanned aerial vehicles;
- Wild plants, their parts, fruits, and botanical collections;
- Wild animals, their parts, zoology collections, vital items, prey, and their eggs;
- Environmentally hazardous items and waste.
Trade of the following goods requires a license: weapons, military equipment/machinery and equipment used for their production, uranium and other radioactive substances and products made from them, waste of radioactive substances, equipment that produces or uses radioactive materials, precious metals and goods made of them (except export of silver and gold bars of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan by individuals). The licensing is done by the Analytical Department of the Cabinet of Ministers.