Chewing Gum 🇺🇸 United States
No restrictions on chewing gum
Can I bring Chewing Gum into United States?
No restrictions on chewing gum
Within personal allowance — no separate declaration needed
Full details
The United States has no restrictions on importing or possessing chewing gum for personal use. All varieties — including sugar-free, nicotine (OTC drug class), caffeine-infused, and CBD — are freely available and may be brought in any personal quantity. Nicotine gum (Nicorette and equivalents) is an FDA-approved OTC drug so does not count against FDA pharmaceutical-import limits but must remain in original packaging if crossing in large quantities. No declaration is required. Commercial-quantity imports exceeding FDA's general commercial threshold require FDA Prior Notice.
Rare — Enforcement reported rarely.
Leaving United States with chewing gum
Personal-use chewing gum may be taken out of United States without export formalities. Chewing gum faces no export restriction anywhere. The well-known restrictions are import-side — Singapore bans the import and sale of ordinary chewing gum (therapeutic gum via pharmacies excepted).
No restrictions whatsoever on chewing gum in the US.
This page covers destination customs rules in United States. Whether you can carry chewing gum through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Chewing Gum rules in other countries
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🇸🇬 Singapore
Sale and import of chewing gum is banned. Therapeutic gums are exempted.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
No restrictions on chewing gum
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🇯🇵 Japan
No restrictions on chewing gum
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🇦🇺 Australia
No restrictions; must declare if food item
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🇨🇦 Canada
No specific restrictions for personal chewing gum
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
No specific restrictions for personal chewing gum