cigerretes

[tiara4321]

Just would like to know where the cheapest places to go on holiday too go and legaly allowed to bring back duty free cigerretes for personal usage , as i smoke alot, what is the limit you are also allowed to bring back with you, as i have heard france or spain there prices are fixed and are no longer very cheap Thanks Tiara

[Buenchico]

There's no 'duty free' concession when returning from another EU country. The following rules apply to 'duty paid' purchases. (i.e. you can't purchase duty free cigarettes at the airport. You must pay the local taxes, irrespective of whether the cigarettes are bought at the airport or elsewhere):

From Austria, Belgium, (Southern) Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, The Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain (but not the Canary Islands) and Sweden you're theoretically allowed to bring in an unlimited quantity of cigarettes, as long as they're for your personal use. HMRC won't normally challenge travellers about whether cigarettes are for personal use, as long as they don't bring in more than 3200 cigarettes. (However, they might regard it as suspicious if a traveller brought back several different brands, even though the quantity didn't exceed 3200).

From the remaining EU countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) you're only allowed to import 200 cigarettes (without incurring tax and duty payments).

For a guide to cigarette prices within the EU, see here:
http://www.the-tma.org.uk/page.aspx?page_id=35

From outside of the EU the limit for importing cigarettes (without paying tax and duty) is also 200. That applies to both 'duty paid' and 'duty free' purchases.

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebAp p/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_page Label=pageTravel_InfoGuides&columns=1&id=CUSTO MSALLOWANCES

Chris

[beck07]

about 6 years ago i got 200 english fags from gibralta for �7! bargain!

[tiara4321]

that sounds good but have you heard if they are still that cheap or know of anyone whose been there???? i know when i went to cyprus they were very cheap not so long ago and the were very cheap but only allowed 200. i dont think this is fair as i smoke more than that in one week,

[tiara4321]

to chris at customs, This seems very unfair amount as seeing 200 do not last that long. gosh and you usually have to pay more for holidays outside EU you want to go further afield but you dont get the benifits you do in the uk why is that????? seems totaly wrong to me thanks tiara

[Stu Dent]

I love it how three stars are awarded to the person who gives no advice, though (helpfully) gives the low-down on the best place to get cheap fags. Unfortunatley, Chris, for all his/her hard work gets no acknowledgement.

What a country we are becoming where the single biggest factor in choosing our annual holiday destination is: where can I buy the cheapest English fags?