Meat Products 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Most meat requires AFCD import permit
Can I bring Meat Products into Hong Kong?
Most meat requires AFCD import permit
Personal quantities of commercially packaged products
- AFCD import permit for fresh meat
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) controls meat imports. Commercially packaged meat from approved countries may be permitted in personal quantities. Fresh meat requires an import permit. Processed meats in original sealed packaging are generally accepted. Enforcement in Hong Kong carries fines from HKD 2,000 to HKD 200,000 under Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60); Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109) (typical personal cases are handled as civil infringements).
PENALTIES
- Fine: 2000–200000 HKD
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Hong Kong with meat products
Personal-use quantities of processed, cooked, or shelf-stable meat products may generally be exported from Hong Kong for personal consumption. Raw meat, poultry, and offal require a veterinary-issued Export Health Certificate for commercial or above-personal-use export. Many destinations (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, US, EU) restrict or prohibit personal-import of raw and cooked meat regardless of origin-side permissions.
Commercially packaged, sealed meat products are generally OK in personal quantities. Fresh meat needs an import permit.
Personal quantities of commercially packaged products
- AFCD import permit for fresh meat
Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Chemical Residues) Regulation
This page covers destination customs rules in Hong Kong. Whether you can carry meat products through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Meat Products rules in other countries
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🇦🇺 Australia
Fresh, dried, and most cooked meat products are prohibited. Biosecurity risk.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Almost all meat products are prohibited. New Zealand has strict biosecurity controls.
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🇺🇸 United States
Most fresh and cured meats prohibited from most countries
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🇧🇷 Brazil
MAPA inspection required for most animal products
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🇨🇳 China
Most meat products prohibited under GACC regulations
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
Halal certification required for meat imports