Duty Free Buying Guide

Duty Free Allowances
Country Spirits Cigarettes (sticks) Cigar & Tobacco
1 Australia 2.25L 25 or 25g of tobacco
2 Bangladesh 2 bottles (non-muslim passangers only) 200 or 50 cigars or 225g of tobacco
3 Brunei 2L (non-muslim passangers only) PROHIBITED
4 Cambodia 2L 200 and 50 cigars or 200g of tobacco
5 Canada 1.14L 200 and 50 cigars and 200g of tobacco
6 China 1.5L 400 100 cigars and 500g of tobacco
7 Dubai 4L 400 and 50 cigars and 250g of tobacco
8 Hong Kong 1L 19 or 1 cigar or 25g of tobacco
9 India 2L 100 or 25 cigars or 125g of tobacco
10 Indonesia 1L 200 or 50 cigars or 100g of tobacco
11 Iran PROHIBITED 200 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
12 Iraq 1L 200 or 10 cigars or 250g of tobacco
13 Japan 3 bottles (approximately 760ml each) of alcohol 400 or 100 cigars or 500g of tobacco
14 Jordan 1L 200 or 25 cigars or 200g of tobacco
15 Kazakhstan 3L 200 and 50 cigars or 200g of tobacco
16 Kuwait PROHIBITED 500 or 900g of tobacco
17 Laos 1L of alcoholic liquor and 2L of wine 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
18 Lebanon 2L 800 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
19 Macau 1L 19 and 50 cigars or 100g of tobacco
20 Malaysia 1L Subject to payment of duties / taxes
21 Maldives PROHIBITED 200 25 cigars or 250g of tobacco
22 Mauritius 1L 200 or 250g of tobacco
23 Myanmar 2L 400 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
24 Nepal IL of spirits or wine 200 or 50 cigars or 20g of tobacco
25 New Zealand 3 bottles of 1.125L 50 or 50 cigars or 50g of tobacco
26 Norway 1L 200 or 250g of tobacco
27 Oman 2L (non-muslim passangers only) 400 -
28 Pakistan PROHIBITED 200 or 50 cigars or 500g of tobacco
29 Philippines 2L in 1 bottles 400 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
30 Qatar PROHIBITED 400 -
31 Saudi Arabia PROHIBITED 200 or 24 cigars or 500g of other tobacco products
32 Scotland 2L up to 15% alcohol volume. 1L over 15% alcohol volume 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
33 Singapore PROHIBITED (from Malaysia)
34 South Africa 1L 200 and 20 cigars and 250g of tobacco
35 South Korea 1L 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
36 Sri Lanka 2 bottles of wine and 1.5L of spirits PROHIBITED
37 Sudan PROHIBITED 200 or 50 cigars or 450g of tobacco
38 Switzerland 2L up to 15% alcohol volume. 1L over 15% alcohol volume. 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
39 Syria 57cl 200 or 25 cigars or 250g of tobacco
40 Taiwan 1L 200 or 25 cigars or 454g of tobacco
41 Thailand 1L 200 or 250g of tobacco
42 Turkey 1L 600 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
43 Ukraine 1L 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
44 United Arab Emirates 4L 400 and 50 cigars and 500g of tobacco
45 United Kingdom 4L 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
46 USA 1L 200 or 100 cigars or 200g of tobacco
47 Uzbekistan 2L 200 or 250g of tobacco
48 Vietnam 1.5L 200 or 100 cigars or 500g of tobacco
49 Wales 1L 200 or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco
50 Yemen 2 bottles - non-muslim passangers only (non-residents only) 600 or 60 cigars or 450g of tobacco
Duty free allowances are current at the time of publish and may be subject to change. Check your local Customs Literature for comprehensive duty free allowances for returning residents. Please note that local laws might prohibit the import of certain restricted items. Alcohol and Tobacco allowances can not be shared between travellers. Please contact your Travel Agent for duty free allowance information if the country you are travelling to is not listed here.