Can you bring fresh fruit or produce to Colombia?

• Fresh produce

  allowed, declaration may be required

  Plants, seeds, propagation material and fresh fruit/vegetables need a phytosanitary certificate from the origin country; otherwise they may be seized.

  ICA (12 Apr 2017 notice): products must arrive with 'el correspondiente certificado zoosanitario o fitosanitario' from the country of origin; plants of all species, planting/propagation material and fresh fruits and vegetables that don't comply may be seized because they can carry pests. Non-compliant goods are held for re-shipment within 5 days or seized and incinerated. Travellers must declare plants and plant products on the baggage declaration (DIAN lists 'vegetales, animales y productos reglamentados' among cases requiring Form 530). Caveat: 2017 notice; no newer traveller page found.

  Also covers: fruit, vegetables, fresh produce, plants, seeds, flowers, soil, frutas, verduras, semillas

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  Source El ICA hace recomendaciones a viajeros internacionales sobre el ingreso al país de productos de origen vegetal y animal (12 Apr 2017) – Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA)Checked against the source on 2026-10-09

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