🇳🇿 New Zealand · FOOD ENTRY
Can I bring dried fruit into New Zealand?
Check drying, fruit species and citrus ingredients.
Personal travel baggage. Mail and commercial imports require separate checks.
Last checked · Official sources
Before you pack
- Not capable of growing plants; free of contamination; citrus has additional processing conditions
2 kg per product without meat or egg
Also check MPI’s excluded plant-product list.
Check every condition against your package, then follow the declaration guidance.
Which products does this cover?
Identify the fruit, seeds, peel and drying or preserving method.
You can find this guide using: dried fruit · raisins · dates · dried mango.
Check your actual package
- Exact ingredients and manufacturing origin
- Processing, original packaging and storage label
New Zealand food declaration
Declare all food, including small snacks, in your NZTD and present it for biosecurity checks on arrival.
New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) ↗Common questions
Can I bring dried fruit into New Zealand?
Check drying, fruit species and citrus ingredients. Not capable of growing plants; free of contamination; citrus has additional processing conditions
Do I need to declare dried fruit?
△ Declare. Declare all food, including small snacks, in your NZTD and present it for biosecurity checks on arrival.
Does putting it in checked baggage change food-entry rules?
Food-entry checks still apply to baggage entering the country. Follow the conditions above; airline and airport-security baggage rules are a separate check.
What distinction matters for this food?
Also check MPI’s excluded plant-product list.
Official rule & review date
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Check official rules ↗MPI — What food you can bring to NZLast checked: 2026.10.03
Entry rules can depend on ingredients, origin, processing and current biosecurity conditions. The destination authority makes the final decision.