Can you bring a weapon to Brazil?

• Weapons

  depends on specifics

  Real firearms, ammunition, and other products controlled by the Army Command ('Armas, munições e demais produtos controlados pelo Comando do Exército') are restricted goods requiring prior approval from the Brazilian Army — not something arranged at the border. Separately, and more likely to catch a traveler off guard: toy guns, firearm replicas, and simulated firearms are listed as prohibited outright — the source explicitly includes air-compressed or gas-powered guns used for games or sporting competitions (i.e. airsoft) and toys merely shaped like a firearm.

  The airsoft/toy-gun prohibition is easy to miss because it reads like a real-weapons rule at first glance — a traveler bringing sporting airsoft equipment or a child's toy gun could reasonably assume it doesn't count as a 'weapon,' but Receita Federal's own wording names exactly this category as prohibited, not merely restricted.

  Also covers: weapons, firearms, guns, ammunition, airsoft, replica gun, toy gun, air gun

  Checked 2026-09-14 — Source: Receita Federal — Guia do Viajante: Proibições e Restrições (Entrada no Brasil)

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history