There are special stipulations on the following commodities when shipping to Georgia. If you plan to ship one of the commodities listed below, be sure to adhere to the following stipulations in order to avoid delays and holds at customs.
- Shipments of medicine and pharmaceuticals require an import license from the Ministry of Health.
- Tickets for events like stage performances, football matches or concerts must be sent as non-doc shipments. The invoice must show the ticket price of the event. The ticket price of the event is base of the customs value.
- Data shipments to Georgia require an invoice with the value of the CD-ROM or disk only.
- Shipments of medicine and pharmaceuticals require an import license from the Ministry of Health.
- Any item intended for military use, such as uniforms, radio or electronic equipment, and parachutes and spares, require an import license.
- An import license is required for all transmitting equipment, such as radio-phone and radio-cable communications equipment, radio location and navigation equipment, and spare parts.
- Smoked salmon shipments weighing up to 1.0 kg (2.2 lbs.) will be cleared without needing import permission. Shipments of smoked salmon exceeding 1.0 kg will require the consignee to obtain an import license from the Georgian authorities.
Import licenses are issued either by local sanitary, veterinary control authorities, or the standardization body.
- Data shipments require an invoice with the character of the USB stick (storing intercompany data) and the value of the USB Stick.