Many of my readers who looking for information about limit to bring cash into Malaysia don't know, when you're entering or check out from Malaysia, you will see a Royal Malaysian Custom Department Poster, "Please declare currency above USD 10,000 equivalent. The rules has been implemented since 1 January 2010, travellers entering or leaving Malaysia with cash and/or negotiable bearer instruments (e.g. traveller's cheques, bearer cheques) exceeding an amount equivalent to USD10,000 must make a declaration in form Customs No. 22. This is in line with the global effort to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The Customs form No. 22 will be made available at counters located before the Customs Checkpoints at all entry and exit points of Malaysia. You can read more about it here; How much money can I bring into Malaysia.
For the blue poster in the picture, it is actually a list of prohibited goods for import or export into Malaysia:
PROHIBITION/RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS
- The following goods are absolutely prohibited from importation:
- Reproduction of any currency note, bank note, or coin which are currently been issued in any country.
- Indecent printings, paintings, photographs, books, cards, lithographic, engravings, films, video tapes, laser discs, color slides, computer disc and any other media.
- Any device which intended to be prejudicial to the interest of Malaysia or unsuited with peace.
- All genuses of Piranha fish.
- Turtle eggs.
- Cocoa pods, rambutans, pulasan, longan, and nam nam fruits from Philipines and Indonesia.
- Intoxicating liquors containing more than 3.46 milligrams per liter in any lead or in any compound of copper.
- Daggers and flick knives.
- Broadcast receivers capable of receiving radio communication within the ranges (68 - 87) MHz and (108 - 174) MHz
- Sodium arsenate.
- Cloth bearing the imprint or duplicate of any verses of the Quran.
- Pen, pencil, and other articles resembling syringes.
- Poisonous chemical
- Lightning arresters containing radioactive material.
The importations of goods specified below are prohibited except under an import licence or permit from relevant authorities:
- Egg in the shells.
- Any meat, bones, hide, skin, hoofs, horns, offal or any part of the animals and Poultry.
- Live animals-primates including ape, monkey, lemur, galago, potto, and others.
- Explosives and Fireworks
- Imitation arms, toy gun / pistols.
- Imitation hand grenades.
- Arms and ammunition other than personal arms ammunition imported by bona fide traveler.
- Bullet proof vests, steel helmets and other articles of clothing as protection against attack.
- Soil and pests including live insects, rats, snails, and cultures of plant disease causing organisms.
- Safety helmets (except as worn by motorcyclists or motorcycle pillion riders).
- Video machines excluding game watches and video games for use with television receiver.
- Motor vehicles.
- Batik sarong.
- Rice and padi including rice products.
- Equipment to be connected to a public telecommunication network.
- Radio communication being used for telecommunication in the frequency lower than 3000 GHz.
- Saccharin and its salt.
- Parabola antenna for outdoor use.
- Pests and organisms which are capable of being injurious to plants.
- Live fish.
- Animal oils and fats.
- Plants include parts and plant products.
- Household and agricultural pesticides.
- Electric domestic equipments that use 50 volt or 120 volt Dc or more
- Toxic and/or hazardous wastes.
- Corals, alive or dead.
- Apparatus/equipment for the brewing of beer in the home.
- Pharmaceutical products
- ILLICIT DRUGS
THE PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IS DEATH BY HANGING.
Import and export of illicit drugs (eg: morphine, heroine, candu, marijuana, etc.) are strictly prohibited. Prescribed drugs can only be imported into or exported from the country by virtue of a licence issued by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
PROHIBITION/RESTRICTION OF EXPORTS
The following goods are absolutely prohibited from exportation:
- Turtle eggs.
- Rattan from Peninsula of Malaysia.
The following are some of the goods which require an export licence/permit from relevant authorities:
- Any animal or bird, other than a domestic animal or domestic fowl, whether alive or dead or any part thereof.
- Live animals from bovine species.
- Poultry.
- Meat of bovine animals.
- Cockles.
- Plants including orchids.
- Vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen in excess 3kg per consignment.
- Palm kernels and palm seeds.
- Military clothing and equipment.
- Arms and ammunition.
- Antiquities as defined or stated in any written law in Malaysia.
- Sugar and rice
- Coral, alive or dead.
- Live prawns/shrimps/fish.
- Collections of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, or ethnographical with numismatic interest.
For more information, members of the public can contact the Royal Malaysian Customs Department or Bank Negara Malaysia at the following contact points:
Royal Malaysian Customs Department
Public Relations Division
Royal Malaysian Customs Department Headquarters
Tel: 1-800-88-8855/+6 03-8882 4803/+6 03-8882 2929 or
E-mail: kastam@customs.gov.my/aduan@customs.gov.my
Website: www.customs.gov.my
Bank Negara Malaysia
BNMTELELINK (Customer Service Call Centre)
Tel: 1-300-88-5465 or
E-mail: bnmtelelink@bnm.gov.my
Website: www.bnm.gov.my
