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German Customs - Allowances

Entering Germany

400 cigarettes (or 50 cigars, or 250g tobacco).
2 litres wine or 1 litre spirits (hard liquor).
1 laptop, 1 radio, 1 tape recorder, 1 typewriter, 1 video camera, 1 still camera + 10 rolls of film, 1 bicycle, fishing equipment, skis, golf clubs.

Leaving Germany

UK – duty-free (providing goods are for personal use*).
Return by using the EU-only Blue Channel on your return.
*Personal use means 3,200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3 kilos tobacco, 10 litres of spirits, 90 litres of wine, 20 litres of fortified wine, 110 litres of beer.

Canada – you can bring back C$750 worth of goods, but only once a year. Duty-free, yuou may bring back 1 carton cigarettes, 50 cigars, 1 tin tobacco, 40 oz liquor.
Before departure, please complete form Y-38 on which write serial numbers of cameras, etc.
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. Tel. 800 461 9999

Australia – duty-free, A$400. 250 cigarettes or 250g tobacco, 1.125 litres liquor. Form B263 will allow you to reenter with foreign-made goods like cameras.
(Duty-free allowance for under-18’s is A$200).
Australian Customs Service. Tel. 02 6275 6666

USA – if you have been away for more than 48 hours you can bring back $800 worth of goods duty-free. Duty must be paid for values over that.
US Customs Service. Tel. 1 202 354 1000

NZ – NZ$700. If you are over 17: 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, or 250g tobacco.
4,5 litres wine or beer, or 1.125 litres liquor.
New Zealand Customs. Tel. 0800 428 786

Please contact your national customs agency for complete details.
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