What are the new UK duty free limits?

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 an allowance of £270 worth of goods.



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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.

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If you go over your allowances you must declare all your goods and pay tax and duty on all the goods in that category. For example, if you bring in 200 cigarettes and 50 cigars, you must pay tax and duty on both the cigarettes and the cigars because you have gone over your allowance in the tobacco category.

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200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco* (including shisha tobacco) or 200 sticks of tobacco for heating. You can combine these allowances, provided that you do not exceed your total tobacco allowance.

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www.aphis.usda.gov. Alcohol and tobacco: Each traveler over 21 years of age may import up to one liter of alcoholic beverage and either 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or two kilograms of smoking tobacco for personal use.

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Tobacco is very cheap in Lanzarote compared to nearly everywhere else in Western Europe: a carton of 200 Marlboro cigarettes typically costs about €35.

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