There are no personal allowances for tobacco or alcohol if you're under 17. You can bring alcohol and tobacco to the UK for your own use, but you must pay tax and duty on them before you arrive in the UK.
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200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 25 cigars or 250g of other tobacco products. 1L of spirits.2L of fortified wine (such as sherry or port), sparkling wine or any other drink that is less than 22% volume. In addition you may also bring back 1L of beer or 4L of still wine.
You can also bring in either: spirits and other liquors over 22% alcohol - 4 litres. sparkling wine, fortified wine (for example port, sherry) and other alcoholic drinks up to 22% alcohol (not including beer or still wine) - 9 litres.
It is against the law to drink and drive in Tenerife. New drivers, (who have held a licence for two years or under) have a limit of 0.1 milligrams of alcohol per millilitre of blood.All other drivers are limited to 0.5 milligrams or 0.5 %. The best advice is to avoid drinking whilst driving completely.
Most travellers can bring other goods into the UK worth up to £390 (e.g. perfume and electrical goods) without paying duty and / or tax in the UK. However, passengers travelling by private plane or boat for pleasure purposes are only entitled to a lower allowance of £270.
No, the six drinks rule is not in place in the Canary Islands. So if you're planning to visit Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, or the smaller islands in the archipelago like La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro or La Graciosa, this six drinks rule will not apply.
Contrary to travelling within the EU customs territory, when in Tenerife, you can purchase VAT-free products. The number of products you can import from Tenerife tax-free must not exceed certain limits.
It is worth mentioning the differences in taxation between the archipelago and the rest of Spain, given that the islands not only have lower value added taxes, which means lower taxation on tobacco consumption, but also that the same tax on tobacco products that is applied throughout Spain is not applicable in the ...