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Imports & Customs — Belgium
What travelers need to know about imports & customs in Belgium. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
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Belgium controls diamonds tightly. Bring any in from outside the EU and you must declare them, and rough diamonds need a Kimberley Process certificate and can only clear through Antwerp's Diamond Office.
§ SPF Economie / FOD Economie (Belgian Federal Public Service Economy), "Diamant - formalites", page last updated 23 March 2026 (FR and EN versions both read). Instruments named on that page: Loi-programme du 2 aout 2002 arts. 168-170 (MB 29.08.2002) and Arrete royal du 20 novembre 2019; Kimberley Process obligations under Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. Private-traveller routing thresholds from the Diamond Office (AWDC), the operator designated by the SPF Economie page, https://www.awdc.be/import-private-persons.Verified Sep 8, 2026
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