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Peru prohibits carrying very large sums of cash outright, and anything archaeological is national property.

  • Archaeological objects may not be exported. Anything Inca or pre-Inca is state property; the replicas sold in Cusco need a receipt saying so, and the airport asks for it.
  • Coca leaves and coca tea may not be taken out. They are legal and everywhere in Cusco and illegal on arrival almost everywhere else.
  • There is a hard cap on cash, not just a declaration. Amounts over the declarable threshold must be reported, and carrying more than a higher fixed limit through the border is prohibited outright rather than merely taxed.
  • The allowance is a carton of cigarettes and a couple of litres of spirits per adult, plus a value cap on other goods.
  • Wildlife products are prohibited, which covers the items sold as condor feather or cat fur in tourist markets.

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