Cigarettes From Spain

[sandyRoe]

I hope to bring 2,000 cigarettes back to the UK from Spain.
If I was questioned and said I smoked 60 a day(I don't) that would represent only a 5 week supply.
Are there limits on the number of cigarettes I can bring back home?

[Caran]

Don't know sandyRoe. I'm interested in the bringing over of wine. We went to France a couple of weeks ago and brought back a large amount of wine boxes each.
We have no idea yet what will happen.

[johnny.5]

jaun

[Caran]

Sorry, what does that mean?

[Mamyalynne]

//Although there are technically no limits on the amounts of alcohol and tobacco you can bring back from the EU, if you bring back more than the amounts outlined below, you are more likely to be asked questions at customs about your intentions.//


https://www.travelsupermarket.com/en-gb/blog/travel-advice/how-much-duty-free-can-you-bring-into-the-uk/

[sandyRoe]

Johnny.5,
Only one? That's hardly worth bothering with.

[Spicerack]

I don't think there's any limit as long as they're for personal use.
We haven't left the EU yet.
Someone who knows more is sure to come along.

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaun

[shoota]

Surely everyone knows that a jaun is a small palanquin formerly used in Kolkata?

[Caran]

What has that got to do with the original post?

[Mamyalynne]

Ask Johnny.

[Buenchico]

I assume that you're refering to mainland Spain (or the Ballearic Islands), rather than to the Canery Islands. (Although the Canary Islands are part of Spain, and therefore part of the EU, they have special tax status which means that the 'non-EU' rules apply to importing ciggies from there).

EU law (which still applies during the post-Brexit transition period) allows you to bring back a theoretically unlimited quantity of tobacco products as long as they're for your peronal use. ('Personal use' includes genuine gifts to other people but excludes any imports for which you receive anything in return).

However HM Treasury has set a 'guideline limit', above which customs officials will tend to assume that cigarettes aren't for personal use unless the traveller can convince them otherwise. That limit used to be 3200 cigarettes. Gordon Brown tried to reduce the figure to 800 in 2002 but was forced to back down. However Justine Greenin reintroduced the plan to reduce the limit to 800 in 2011 and, partly because it was by then the same figure used in most other EU countries, was successful in doing so.

So the current guideline figure is 800 cigarettes, as shown here:
https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/arrivals-from-eu-countries

You might get away with importing 2000 cigarettes but you'd risk losing the lot by trying to do.

[Mamyalynne]

Yup.

[sandyRoe]

They're bought already so I'll take a chance.

[Mamyalynne]

Don't start coughing to prove you're a chain smoker, they may quarantine you.

Safe journey.x

[douglas9401]

Not to get all Mission Impossible on you but, have a cheap lighter in your pocket to back up your legend.

[aelmpvw]

at least we know who to contact for cheap fags ...

[calmck]

Don’t forget checked bags are sometimes x-rayed on return to UK

[clyde59]

Horse going tomorrow 3.45. Huntingdon Chain Smoker. :-}