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Check your duty free allowances using this comprehensive guide. With tax free and duty free shopping at Liverpool Airport available to passengers, use your pre-flight time to grab some bargains. |
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Your Duty Free Allowances ... |
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Know your duty free and tax free allowances...
If you're travelling
within the EU or International long haul you can shop tax free. Whilst passengers flying outside of the EU and International long haul are also entitled to Duty Free products that offer extra savings.
Take note of the Liverpool duty free amounts issued by Customs that are set out below. As well as items that are prohibited and restricted from being brought into the UK from any destination.
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EU Duty Free Allowances... |
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If you're shopping tax free it's equivalent to the selling price before Value Added Tax at 17.5% has been added. All goods display both prices so you can see how much of a saving you are making.
However, in some instances passengers may need to pay tax on purchases when arriving at the final destination outside the EU, or when bringing the purchases back. Goods from bookstores, newsagents, pharmacies, duty paid items, etc. are however excluded.
Duty Free products offer extra savings to passengers travelling outside of the EU.
The following 25 countries are currently in the European Union: |
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EU Member Nations |
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Austria
Belgium
Cyprus*
Czech Rep
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
The Irish Republic
Italy
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Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain**
Sweden
UK*** |
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| * The whole of Cyprus is part of the EU, however, goods from any area in Cyprus not under effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, are treated as non-EU imports |
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| ** Not Including the Canary Islands |
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| *** Not including The Channel Islands |
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The Channel Islands and Gibraltar are part of the EU, however for Customs purposes allowances for outside the EU apply as considered outside the Community Customs territory.
When shopping keep your boarding card handy at all times as this will need to be presented each time a purchase is made after security.
Check out the World Duty Free website (www.worlddutyfree.com)before you fly to see the full collection of fragrances, beauty products, tobacco and alcohol available from the airport duty free shop.
You'll also find that products can be launched in airport outlets before anywhere else in the World, so you could be trying out the latest developments in technology, and model the new fashions before they reach the high street.
For those International travellers flying into Cardiff International Airport can also shop at the tax free World Shopping Arrivals store before they leave the security area within the Airport. |
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UK Customs Allowances ... |
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Your duty free allowances and tax free allowances are dependant on your final destination, however if travelling from the EU into the UK, the following items can be bought without incurring customs duty:
- 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco
- 1 Litre of alcoholic beverages stronger than 22%, or 2 Litres of still table wine, or fortified or sparkling wine, or other liqueurs
- 50g of perfume and 250ml of toilet water
- Other goods including souvenirs up to the value of £145
- Goods obtained duty and tax paid in the EU are unlimited
Goods that are being brought into any EU Country that have already had tax paid, no tax or duty will have to be paid on them when entering the UK.
Any goods brought into the Country for resale or for payment of any kind, will be regarded as for a commercial purpose - Customs are very strict on tobacco and alcohol and will suspect large quantities being brought in are for commerical use.
If there's any reason to suspect that goods are being brought into the Country for commercial purpose, a Customs Officer will ask intense questions about the load, taking into account whether the excess goods look as though they have been concealed, or whether they have been visibly displayed. What are the type and quantity of goods that have been bought, why they were bought and how much was paid, how often you travel and how much alcohol and tobacco you normally consume are typical questions you'll be asked.
The following, as an example, will be questioned.
- 3,200 cigarettes
- 200 cigars
- 400 cigarillos
- 3kg tobacco
- 110 Litres of beer
- 90 Litres of wine
- 10 Litres of spirits
- 20 Litres of fortified wine (i.e. port or sherry)
Goods being imported are for commercial use, or that are actually caught being sold, will be seized and not returned. It is a serious offence and could result in up to seven years in prison.
Like the UK, many Countries have their own laws on how much tobacco and alcohol you may legally import, with some Countries requiring you to carry documents covering the goods . If planning to buy larger amounts of alcohol or tobacco, check with the Country’s Authorities before you purchase the goods.
When arriving back in the UK you must carry off the aircraft the exact amount of goods that you have bought that are for your consumption (own or gifts). |
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Special Restrictions |
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Czech Republic |
200 cigarettes, or
250g smoking tobacco, or
50 cigars, or
100 cigarillos |
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Estonia |
200 cigarettes, or
250g of smoking tobacco* |
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Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia & Slovenia |
200 Cigarettes* |
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| * From these Countries, there is no limit on other tobacco products as long as they are for the passengers own consumption. |
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Prohibited / Restricted Items ... |
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The following items are prohibited from being brought into the UK from any destination:
- Unlicensed drugs
- Offensive weapons
- Indecent and obscene material featuring children
- Counterfeit and pirated goods
- Meat, dairy and other animal products
The following items are restricted from being brought into the UK from any destination:
- Firearms, explosives and ammunition
- Pornography
- Live animals, endangered species, certain plants and their produce
- Radio transmitters
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