What we can't carry
Saint Lucia bans some goods outright and allows others only with a permit. Checking here before you buy saves you the freight on something that will never arrive.
Prohibited outright
Banned from import into Saint Lucia. We cannot carry these at all, and no permit makes them acceptable.
- Counterfeit currency
- Counterfeit or pirated goods
- Narcotics and illegal drugs
- Opium pipes and drug paraphernalia
- Obscene or indecent material
- Food unfit for consumption
- Fictitious or forged postage stamps
- Certain knives, including flick and gravity knives
- Items bearing a reproduction of the national Coat of Arms
- Goods marketed for occult or ritual use
Allowed only with a permit
These can be imported, but you must hold the right licence or permit BEFORE the goods arrive. Without it, Customs seizes them and the freight is still payable.
- Arms and ammunition
- Explosives and fireworks
- Handcuffs, restraints and similar equipment
- Radio transmitting and television equipment
- Controlled pharmaceutical drugs
- Tear gas, pepper spray and other incapacitants
- Night vision equipment
- Chainsaws and certain power tools
- Protected and rare species, and products made from them
- Left-hand drive vehicles
Permits come from the relevant Saint Lucian authority — the Police for arms and restraints, the Ministry of Health for controlled drugs, NTRC for radio equipment, and the Forestry Department for protected species. Apply before you order.
Never carried by sea
Dangerous goods that we refuse at our Fort Lauderdale warehouse, whatever their destination. If one of these reaches us, we cannot load it.
- Flammable liquids and gases
- Explosives and ammunition
- Corrosive substances
- Oxidising agents
- Toxic and poisonous substances
- Radioactive material
- Biohazardous material
- Compressed gas cylinders
- Loose lithium batteries
- Live animals and plants
- Perishable food
- Cash, cheques and negotiable instruments
- Human remains
Devices with a lithium battery installed — a laptop, a phone, a power bank — are fine. Loose or spare batteries shipped on their own are not.
If you're not sure, ask
This is a guide, not the law — Saint Lucia Customs and Excise decides, and its current rules govern. If a package turns out to be prohibited after it reaches us, the freight is still payable and we may have to surrender it. One email first is cheaper: info@premierecargo.org.
See also our terms of service and landed cost calculator.