Information for Travelers From Hawaii to the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, or Guam (2024)

• Fresh fruits and vegetables (see exceptions listed below)
• Berries of any kind, including fresh coffee berries and sea grapes
• Kikania and fresh pandanus
• Swamp cabbage (unchoy)

• Cotton and cotton bolls
• Fresh flowers of jade vine, and Mauna Loa

• Any plants in soil
• Cactus plants or cactus plant parts
• Mock orange
• Seeds with fruit clinging and fresh seed pods
• Sugarcane

• Live insects and snails

• Soil

• Coconut
• Coffee
  • Travelers are permitted to bring unlimited quantities of roasted coffee or green (unroasted) coffee beans without restriction through any continental U.S. port of entry.
• Commercially canned or processed foods, including processed fruits and vegetables
  • Accepted processing methods include cooking, drying, or freezing. If freezing, all fruits must be frozen solid at the time of inspection. Frozen mango must be without seeds.
• Fresh pineapple
• Irish or white potatoes
• Treated fruit, such as papaya, abiu, atemoya, banana, curry leaf, dragon fruit, longan, lychee, mangosteen, rambutan, starfruit, and sweet potato
  • These fruits must be treated at a USDA-approved facility and packed in sealed boxes that are properly marked and stamped.

• Fresh flowers, leis, and foliage, except jade vine or Mauna Loa or any citrus or citrus-related plants and plant parts in the same family including flowers and leaves.
  • For more information on bringing leis into the U.S. mainland, please read Know the Lei of the Land: How To Make Sure Your Leis Can Come Back to the U.S. Mainland (759.82 KB).

• Certain plants and cuttings
  • Some States may require rooted plants to be certified by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture before they may be moved to the U.S. mainland. Please contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture for more information. Contact numbers are provided at the bottom of this page.
• Hinahina (Spanish moss)

• Beach sand
• Dried seeds and decorative arrangements
• Rocks and stones
• Seashells, not land snail shells
• Seed leis and seed jewelry
• Wood (including driftwood and sticks) and wood roses (dried)

The following additional items from Hawaii are allowed into Guam after passing USDA inspection:

• Beets
• Rutabagas
• Turnips (without tops)

The following additional items from Hawaii are allowed into Alaska* after passing USDA inspection:

• Chayote
• Green banana
• Green onion
• Lima bean
• Okra
• Pea
• Pumpkin
• Snow pea
• String bean
• Watermelon
• Winged bean
• Winter melon
• Yard long bean
• Zucchini

* Distribution of these items from Alaska to the contiguous United States is prohibited.