Equipment requiring an import permit: Value and quantity admitted by Customs

Passengers entering Cuba should be aware that they require prior authorization to import certain computer and telecommunications equipment, parts, and implements, as well as professional GPS systems.

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For computer and telecommunications equipment, parts, and implements that require prior approval or permission for importation into Cuba, the authorization must be issued by the General Directorate of Communications, whose branch is located in each provincial capital of the country and is known as the Technical Budget Unit for Radio Spectrum Control (UPTCER).

Meanwhile, for professional Satellite Positioning Systems (GPS), authorization must be granted by the National Office of Hydrography and Geodesy, which belongs to the Ministry of the Armed Forces (FAR).

However, all equipment requiring an import permit also has, like all other items imported to the island, a quantity and value assigned by the General Customs of the Republic of Cuba.

Quantity and Customs value of equipment that does require an import permit:

-Wireless fax equipment: Importation is allowed for 1, for a value of 150 pesos.

-Telephone boards of all types: 1 is allowed, for a value of 300 pesos.

-Data network devices: “routers” and “switches”: 1 is allowed, for a value of 100.

-Wireless access points such as RLAN and WiFi wireless connection equipment: Importation is allowed for 1, for a value of 100 pesos. (Wi-Fi connection devices approved in Resolutions 98 and 99/2019 of the Ministry of Communications are excluded)

-Cordless phones operating on bands other than 49 MHz and 1.9, 2.4 and 5.7 GHz: 2 are allowed, for a value of 40 pesos each.

-Wireless microphones and their accessories: 2 are allowed, for a value of 50 pesos each.

-Radio transmitters of any nature and service (radars, radio beacons, radio links, people pagers, broadcasting, telemetry equipment, remote control and other similar equipment): Importation of 1 is permitted, and its value is determined based on the purchase invoice presented by the passenger or by the passenger's assessment of the cost of the equipment.

-Radio transceivers (fixed, mobile and personal station equipment (walkie-talkie): Only 1 is allowed, for a value of 80 pesos.

-Professional radio receivers (other than the domestic radio and television sets indicated in Section One): Importation of 1 is permitted, and its value is determined based on the purchase invoice presented by the passenger or by the passenger's assessment of the cost of the equipment.

-Earth stations and transmitting and receiving satellite communications terminals (includes satellite TV receiving stations, satellite dishes, their accessories, and portable or other satellite telephones): Importation of 1 is permitted, and its value is determined based on the purchase invoice presented by the passenger or by the passenger's assessment of the cost of the equipment.

-Equipment intended for the mass dissemination of data, text or voice via wireless means: Importation of 1 is permitted, and its value is determined based on the purchase invoice presented by the passenger or by the passenger's assessment of the cost of the equipment.

– Professional Satellite Positioning Systems (GPS): 1 is allowed, for a value of 100 pesos.

The passenger, in addition to taking into account that he must have the import license, must clearly understand the quantities of this equipment that Customs allows to enter the country, and their corresponding value, as established by current regulations.

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