{"id":256826,"date":"2026-04-26T22:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=256826"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:42:29","slug":"exclusive-central-bank-circular-raises-disclosure-threshold-for-cash-entering-and-leaving-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/exclusive-central-bank-circular-raises-disclosure-threshold-for-cash-entering-and-leaving-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Central Bank Circular Raises Disclosure Threshold for Cash Entering and Leaving Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our source obtained a decision issued by the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, in his capacity as Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Committee, addressed to the Customs Authority. The decision sets the amounts that must be declared when entering or leaving Libya, accompanied by a disclosure form and instructions to circulate it across all entry points, install guidance signage, and allocate areas for completing the forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of efforts to regulate cash movement, the disclosure threshold has been raised from $10,000 to $30,000, with plans to gradually increase it further to encourage the inflow of foreign currency into the country and enhance transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the decision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The maximum amount that may be taken out of Libya in cash without declaration is $5,000 or its equivalent in other currencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The maximum amount that may be brought into Libya in cash without declaration is $30,000 or its equivalent in other currencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foreign currency may also be carried or transferred into Libya in the form of bank drafts, letters of credit, traveler\u2019s checks, transfers, shares, bonds, or other financial instruments denominated in foreign currency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any traveler is permitted to carry up to 1,000 Libyan dinars in cash when entering or leaving Libya, intended to cover expenses before or after travel. This amount must remain in cash and cannot be converted into foreign currency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision further states that buying or selling foreign currency or foreign-denominated securities is only permitted through licensed banks and exchange companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also allows non-residents, upon leaving Libya, to take out any remaining foreign currency they had previously brought into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our source obtained a decision issued by the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, in his capacity as Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Committee, addressed to the Customs Authority. The decision sets the amounts that must be declared when entering or leaving Libya, accompanied by a disclosure form and instructions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":256827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[628,613],"class_list":["post-256826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-central-bank","tag-libya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256828,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256826\/revisions\/256828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}