Notice to Pilgrims: Quantity and Value Limits on Imported Goods in the Luggage of Travelers from Third Countries

Goods contained in the personal luggage of travelers arriving from third countries are exempt from import duties, subject to the following limits applicable to the mode of transport:

• • (a) by land transport—up to the equivalent of 300 euros;

• • (b) by air or sea—up to the equivalent of 430 euros.

These amounts do not include:

• • the value of medicines necessary for the traveler’s needs,

• • the value of personal baggage that is temporarily imported or imported after its temporary
    export,

• • the value of fuel contained in the standard tank of any vehicle, and fuel contained
    in a portable canister with a capacity not exceeding 10 liters (this fuel is also considered the traveler’s luggage
    ),

• • the value of tobacco and tobacco products, as well as alcoholic beverages, imported by a traveler
    aged 17 or older.

Quantity limits for the duty-free import of tobacco products, as well as alcohol and alcoholic
beverages, imported by a traveler aged 17 or older:

1) tobacco products, if imported by air or sea:

(a) cigarettes—200 pieces, or
(b) cigars (weighing no more than 3 grams each)—100 pieces, or
(c) cigars—50 pieces, or
(d) rolling tobacco—250 grams.

An exception may apply to any combination of the tobacco products listed above, provided that the total percentage of each limit does not exceed 100%.

Example: You may import a maximum of 100 cigarettes (100 cigarettes is 1/2 of the limit) and 25 cigars (25
cigars is 1/2 of the limit).

2) Tobacco products, if imported by means other than air or sea transport:

(a) cigarettes—40 pieces, or
(b) cigars (weighing no more than 3 grams each)—20 pieces, or
(c) cigars—10 pieces, or
(d) rolling tobacco – 50 grams.

An exception may apply to any combination of the tobacco products listed above, provided that the total percentage of each limit does not exceed 100%.

Example: You may import a maximum of 20 cigarettes (20 cigarettes — 1/2 of the limit) and 5 cigars (5 cigars
— this is 1/2 of the limit).

3) Alcoholic beverages:

(a) beverages obtained by distillation and alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content by volume exceeding 22%,
undenatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol content by volume of 80% or more (e.g., vodka)
– 1 liter, or
(b) alcohol and alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of up to 22% by volume – 2 liters (e.g., liqueurs), and
(c) still wines – 4 liters, and
(d) beer – 16 liters.

An exception may be applied to any combination of alcoholic beverages listed in items
(a) and (b), provided that the total percentage applicable to each limit does not exceed 100%.

Example: You may import a maximum of 0.5 liters of vodka (0.5 liters of vodka constitutes 1/2 of the limit under
items (a) and (b), and 1 liter of liqueur with an alcohol content of up to 22% (1 liter of liqueur constitutes 1/2 of the limit under items (a)
and (b)), as well as 4 liters of wine and 16 liters of beer.

Other:

1) Exemption from excise tax on motor fuel transported in
standard vehicle fuel tanks and canisters, within the following limits:
a) standard vehicle fuel tanks—up to 600 liters per vehicle;
(b) canisters—10 liters per vehicle.
2) Persons crossing the state border are required to notify customs authorities or
border guard authorities in writing regarding the import and export of monetary gold or monetary platinum
, regardless of the quantity. This requirement also applies to domestic or foreign means of payment
instruments if their total value is equal to or exceeds the equivalent of 10,000 euros—with the exception
of travelers crossing internal borders with other Member States of the Schengen
Zone.