Puerto Rico duty free
Puerto Rico duty-free allowance for returning residents coming from an international destination (excluding USA ports of departure):
• Returning Americans can import up to US$800 worth of items if their length of stay was more than 48 hours and the individuals had not used any duty-free exemption in the preceding 30 days.
• The duty-free allowance includes 200 cigarettes or 100 cigars for individuals above 21 years old.
• 1L of alcoholic beverages for individuals above 21 years old.
• Cigarettes, cigar and alcohol do not apply to returning residents from a USA port of departure. Passengers from a USA port of departure are not allowed to purchase at duty-free shops in the USA if their final destination is Puerto Rico. However, they are allowed to purchase from Puerto Rico duty-free shops before they leave for the USA.
Puerto Rico duty-free allowance for returning residents coming from American Samoa, Guam or the US Virgin Islands only.
• Returning Americans can import up to US$1,600 worth of items.
• The duty-free allowance includes 1,000 cigarettes but not more than 200 of which may be acquired elsewhere than in these islands once every 31 days for individuals above 21 years old.
• The duty-free allowance includes 5L of alcoholic beverages for individuals above 21 years old, if at least 4L were purchased in the insular US-possession and if at least 1L was produced in the insular US-possession.
Puerto Rico duty-free allowance for non-residents coming from an international destination (excluding USA ports of departure) once a month:
• 200 cigarettes or 100 cigars for individuals above 21 years old.
• 1L alcoholic beverages or 3 beers for individuals above 21 years old.
• medications (up to a 90-day supply) in their original package together with personalised prescription
• Gifts worth up to US$100.
Prohibited Imports
Narcotics and dangerous drugs (unless for medical purposes), absinthe, biological materials, some seeds, fruits and plants (including endangered species of plants and vegetables and their products), unlicensed firearms and ammunition, meat and poultry products (fresh, dried or canned), any fish or their eggs (unless certified as disease free and canned, pickled or smoked), dairy products and eggs, Cuban cigars, wildlife and endangered species, dog and cat fur, some art and artefacts, imports from Iran and leather souvenirs from Haiti (eg drums), some automobiles, counterfeit goods, merchandise from embargoed countries Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, and most of Sudan), and unauthorised cultural artefacts.
Note that although the embargo against Cuba has not been lifted, authorised US travellers visiting Cuba may now purchase up to US$400 of goods for personal use.
Prohibited Exports
All visitors leaving Puerto Rico are required to send their checked luggage through US Food and Drug Administration screening, which scans for animals, fruits, vegetables, and current prohibited items by X-ray.