Customs facilities for visitors having their residence abroad and staying temporarily in Morocco:

 To ensure a smooth passage through the customs, two distinct areas were established:

 · A green area: reserved for visitors having nothing to declare to customs.

 · A red area: reserved for visitors having items to declare to customs.

In conformity with the recommendations of the international conventions on the free movement of persons and the temporary admission of the items they bring, and within the framework of the action carried out by the Moroccan Administration to receive tourists ( as well as Moroccans living abroad) desiring to spend their holidays in Morocco, visitors shall benefit from temporary admission regime, which allows the importation of goods while suspending the fees and taxes applicable to them.

 Only personal use items can benefit from this regime.

 Non-residents can thus import the following items:

 · Clothes for personal use.

 · Tobacco (200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 25 cigars, or 250 grammes of assortments).

 · Alcoholic drinks ( 1 liter bottle).

 · Jewelry, perfumes (150 ml) and toilet water ( 250 ml).

 · Souvenirs, presents whose value should not exceed 2000 DH.

 · Camera, camcorder, binoculars or CD player.

 · Tape recorder, radio, TV, camera, typewriter or calculator, portable computer,mobile     phone.

 · Sport fittings

 · Musical instrument

 · Bicycle, tandem, bicycle having an auxiliary motor.

 However, non-residents must re-export these items at the end of their stay.

 These provisions do not concern students and itinerant dealers.

 - Visitors must produce certificates attesting to the exemption of their pets from diseases. Anti-rabies certificates must be issued at most six months before the entry, while other certificates must be issued at most six days before.

 - Vegetable products: phytosanitary certificate.

 - Endangered species of wild fauna and flora (Washington Convention): CITES certificate, delivered by the Directorate of Waters and Forests.

 - Hunting arms and their ammunition: authorization of the National Security Services required.

 - Medicines:

 · In small quantities for personal use: the signature of an affidavit available at the customs offices, accompanied with medical proof (medical certificate, prescription, etc), required.

 · For purposes other than personal use: the authorization of the Ministry of Health required.

 Following are the items that cannot be imported:

 · Arms and ammunition.

 · Drugs.

 · Books, printed matter, audio and video cassettes and any immoral items liable to cause a breach of the peace.

 - The Moroccan Administration allows the temporary admission of non-residents’ vehicles for a period of 3 months. However, these vehicles should be used for tourism only (and not as a means for transporting goods having a commercial character).

· Without formalities:

- Products of Moroccan origin (craft industry, etc) acquired locally. No value has been fixed.

- Souvenirs.

- Ornamental, fossiliferous or semi-precious stones (should not exceed dozens).

· With formalities:

- Objets d’art and antiques: authorization of the Ministry of Culture required.

- Morocco’s national currency is the Dirham (DH). The Dirham is divided into 100 centimes. It is strictly forbidden to import or export the Dirham.

- Non-resident foreigners may freely exchange the imported currency at the banks or at the authorized institutions (hotels, bazaars, etc).

- If they exchange their currency, they should keep the exchange slip. This document may be useful for an eventual exchange of Dirhams.

- If they wish to re-export all or part of the currency they import, they should sign, at their entry, a declaration of the importation of means of payment.

generally in morocco, all type of credit cards are accepted, in every corner you will find signs of visa card or master card, you can make your payments in morocco directly by credit cards, hotels and riads and restaurants all are equiped with credit cards processing systems at the european level, western union and moneygram are operating in morocco and travellers checks are largely used.

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