Import Regulations in Gambia

The documents required are: original shipping documents (i.e. bill of lading, air waybill, etc.); itemized, valued inventory (packing list); original invoices for new articles; insurance documents (where applicable); declaration of freight charges.

The next items are prohibited to import: drugs and narcotic; firearms (including gas pistols and similar weapons) ammunition and explosives (including fireworks); indecent or obscene video cassettes, films, books, magazines and other articles; flick knives; counterfeit currency; radio-communication equipment not approved for use at destination; meat, poultry, and many other animal products; plants, parts thereof, and plant produce including trees and shrubs, potatoes and certain other vegetables, fruit, bulbs, and seeds; certain articles derived from protected species including fur skins, ivory, reptile leather and goods made from them.

The import duty percent depends on the item. There is a Government Sales Tax of 10%.