The following goods are absolutely prohibited from importation:

• Reproduction of any currency note, bank note, or coin which are currently been issued in any country.
• Indecent printings, paintings, photographs, books, cards, lithographic, engravings, films, video tapes, laser discs, color slides, computer disc and any other media.
• Any device which intended to be prejudicial to the interest of Malaysia or unsuited with peace.
• All genuses of Piranha fish.
• Turtle eggs.
• Cocoa pods, rambutans, pulasan, longan, and nam nam fruits from Philipines and   Indonesia.
• Intoxicating liquors containing more than 3.46 milligrams per liter in any lead or in any compound of copper.
• Daggers and flick knives.
• Broadcast receivers capable of receiving radio communication within the ranges (68 - 87) MHz and (108 - 174) MHz
• Sodium arsenate.
• Cloth bearing the imprint or duplicate of any verses of the Quran.
• Pen, pencil, and other articles resembling syringes.
• Poisonous chemical
• Lightning arresters containing radioactive material.

The importations of goods specified below are prohibited except under an import licence or permit from relevant authorities:

• Egg in the shells.
• Any meat, bones, hide, skin, hoofs, horns, offal or any part of the animals and Poultry.
• Live animals-primates including ape, monkey, lemur, galago, potto, and others.
• Explosives and Fireworks
• Imitation arms, toy gun / pistols.
• Imitation hand grenades.
• Arms and ammunition other than personal arms ammunition imported by bona fide traveler.
• Bullet proof vests, steel helmets and other articles of clothing as protection against attack.
• Soil and pests including live insects, rats, snails, and cultures of plant disease causing organisms.
• Safety helmets (except as worn by motorcyclists or motorcycle pillion riders).
• Video machines excluding game watches and video games for use with television receiver.
• Motor vehicles.
• Batik sarong.
• Rice and padi including rice products.
• Equipment to be connected to a public telecommunication network.
• Radio communication being used for telecommunication in the frequency lower than 3000 GHz.
• Saccharin and its salt.
• Parabola antenna for outdoor use.
• Pests and organisms which are capable of being injurious to plants.
• Live fish.
• Animal oils and fats.
• Plants include parts and plant products.
• Household and agricultural pesticides.
• Electric domestic equipments that use 50 volt or 120 volt Dc or more
• Toxic and/or hazardous wastes.
• Corals, alive or dead.
• Apparatus/equipment for the brewing of beer in the home.
• Pharmaceutical products

ILLICIT DRUGS

THE PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IS DEATH BY HANGING.

Import and export of illicit drugs (eg: morphine, heroine, candu, marijuana, etc.) are strictly prohibited.
Prescribed drugs can only be imported into or exported from the country by virtue of a licence issued by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

PROHIBITION/RESTRICTION OF EXPORTS

The following goods are absolutely prohibited from exportation:

• Turtle eggs.
• Rattan from Peninsula of Malaysia.

The following are some of the goods which require an export licence/permit from relevant authorities:

• Any animal or bird, other than a domestic animal or domestic fowl, whether alive or dead or any part thereof.
• Live animals from bovine species.
• Poultry.
• Meat of bovine animals.
• Cockles. 
• Plants including orchids.
• Vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen in excess 3kg per consignment.
• Palm kernels and palm seeds.
• Military clothing and equipment.
• Arms and ammunition.
• Antiquities as defined or stated in any written law in Malaysia.
• Sugar and rice
• Coral, alive or dead.
• Live prawns/shrimps/fish.
• Collections of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, or ethnographical with numismatic interest.

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