Trinidad and Tobago - Prohibited & Restricted ImportsTrinidad & Tobago-Prohibited Imports

Includes a list of goods that are prohibited from being exported to the country or are otherwise restricted.

Last Published: 7/20/2019

The following items require an import license:

2, 4, 5_Trichlorophenyl (2, 4, 5_T)
Aldrin, Dieldrin and Endrin
Animal oils, fats and greases, unrefined
Chlordimeform
Coconut in all forms; including coconut seedlings, copra, desiccated coconut, coconut milk, and coconut cream (excluding coconut oil)
Copra
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT)
Ethylene dibromide (EDB)
Fatty acids and solid residues from the treatment of oils and fats
Fresh fish (live or dead), chilled or frozen: Shrimp, Lobster, Crabmeat
Lead Arsenate
Left-hand drive motor vehicles imported under section 45(A) of the Customs Act, Chap.78:01
Live poultry
Oil seed cake, meal and other vegetable oil residues
Oilseeds, beans, nuts
Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) (Tariff Heading No. 2903) and mixtures containing ODS
Equipment requiring the use of ODS (Tariff Heading No. 8414, 8415)
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, heat pumps and their parts for domestic and commercial use (Tariff Heading No. 84:18), air or vacuum pumps and compressors and their parts, dehumidifiers, air conditioning machines/units and their parts
Paper for wrapping tobacco or cigarette
Parathion, ethyl
Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
Ships and boats (under 250 tons)
Thallium and its salts
Used right-hand drive garbage compactors exceeding 15 tons (15000kg) MGW
Used right-hand drive vehicles
Vegetable fats

Additional information on import restrictions can be found here: http://www.customs.gov.tt/importing/importing-faqs

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