Cuba duty free

The following items may be imported into Cuba by travellers aged 18 years and over without incurring customs duty:

• 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
• 3L alcoholic beverages.
• Personal effects new and used up to a value of Cuban peso CUP of 1,000.
• Medicines for personal use (may need to show your prescriptions) up to 10 kg.
• Laptop for personal use.

Please note: Since 1 January 2022 all travelers are required to fill in electronically the advance passenger information form "Declaración Jurada de Salud" within 72 hours before departing for Cuba. Travelers will then be provided with a QR code, which they must show in an electronic or printed version to authorities upon arrival. The electronic passenger information form replaced the following documents in their printed versions: International Boarding and Disembarkation Card, Customs Declaration Form and the Traveller's Health Affidavit.

Prohibited Imports

Prohibited items include animal products that are susceptible to being carriers of diseases, explosives, precursor substances, hemoderivatives and all pornographic material and drugs and narcotics.

Restricted items requiring authorisation include firearms and ammunition, light motor vehicles, live animals and plants and their parts, certain foodstuffs, and works of art.

Note that GPS is not allowed.

Prohibited Exports

Drugs, explosives, items of cultural value, handwritten manuscripts dating from between 1440 and 1500, library books, books edited by Libros Cubanos under the 'R' imprint, foreign editions published between the 16th and 18th centuries, Cuban editions published in the 18th century, and lobster in any form or quantity.

How many cigars can you bring back from Cuba depends on the import rules of your country. For example, if you are heading back to the UK, you are allowed to bring in 50 cigars provided that you don't have other tobacco products. If you are going to the United States, you are permitted to bring 100 cigars.