Import of Household Effects (including cars) when Relocating to the Federal Republic of Germany

Please be aware:
If you are subject to a customs inspection, you are obliged to inform the customs officer about the provenance, the economic beneficiary and the intended use of any cash or equivalent means of payment you are carrying, even if the total amount does not exceed the 10,000 euros threshold.

Countries

For foreign policy or security policy reasons, restrictions, some of which are considerable, have been placed on certain countries, which curb trade with the country concerned. Whether exports may be made from Germany therefore also depends on the destination of an export shipment.

Embargo measures

Basically, there are three categories of embargo measures:

1. 
   Arms embargo - prohibits the export of armaments to the country concerned, usually on the basis of Section 74 of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance
   
2. 
   Partial embargo - specific prohibitions and limitations of trade with the country concerned, as laid down by European Union regulations
   
3. 
   Total embargo - all trade is prohibited, as laid down in European Union regulations
   

Depending on the objective of the specific trade restriction, the type and extent of the embargo rules include various restrictions and prohibitions which supplement or strengthen other restrictions laid down elsewhere, and which are not limited to the country of destination.
Usually within the framework of the country-specific embargo measures additional prohibitions or authorisation requirements for the export of products to the country concerned are introduced, as well as a variety of other restrictions which confine foreign trade to a greater or a lesser extent.
There is a prohibition on the provision of funds and economic resources to specific individuals, organisations and institutions.
The procedures that are indirectly related to an exportation, such as payments, agency services or technical assistance may also be restricted on the basis of embargo measures.
The following link leads to a list of all the embargoed countries and a summary of the embargo restrictions that must be directly observed when products are exported.

Embargoed countries