Duty Free Allowances

When flying internationally you can travel with a certain amount or value of goods free of tax and duty. This is known as your duty free allowance and personal goods concession.

 

Duty free allowances for Australia

Alcohol

Travellers aged 18 years or over are entitled to bring up to 2.25 litres of alcohol into Australia with them.

Tobacco

Travellers aged 18 years or over are entitled to bring up 25 cigarettes or 25g of tobacco or cigars into Australia with them.

Personal goods

The following items may be imported into Australia by travellers over 18 years of age without incurring customs duty:

  • Personal belongings that you've owned and used for at least 12 months.
  • Other goods to a value of A$900 (A$450 if under 18).

Important - if you exceed Australia’s duty free limits, duty and tax will apply on all items of that type (general goods, alcohol or tobacco), not just the goods over the limit.


Duty free allowances for other countries

Here are the duty free allowances for some of the most frequently visited international destinations from Perth.
Note - you may be asked to pay the duty difference in the country of your destination if you exceed allowances.


The following goods may be imported into Indonesia by travellers without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 200g of tobacco.
  • 1L of alcoholic beverages.
  • Gifts up to a value of US$250 per person or US$1,000 per family.
The following goods may be imported into Canada without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes and 50 cigars and 200g of loose tobacco and 200 tobacco sticks per person over 18 years of age.
  • 1.5L of wine or 1.14L of spirits or 8.5L of beer or ale per person over 18 years of age if entering Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, and over 19 years if entering British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon.
  • Non-residents can bring gifts to the value of C$60 per gift (excluding advertising matter, tobacco or alcoholic beverages).
  • Canadian residents can bring goods to the value of C$200 for trips out of the country of 24 hours or more (excluding alcohol and tobacco) and C$800 for trips of 48 hours or more (including alcohol and tobacco).
The following items may be imported into China without incurring customs duty:
  • Less than 400 cigarettes and 100 cigars and 500g of tobacco.
  • Less than 1.5L of alcoholic beverages with 12% or more alcoholic content.
  • Personal articles up to a value of ¥5,000 for Chinese residents
  • Personal articles which will be left in China up to a value of ¥2,000.
The following items may be imported into France without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes (1 carton) or 100 cigarillos (max. 3 grams each) or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
  • 4L of wine and 16L of beer and 1L of spirits over 22% volume or 2L of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume.
  • Other goods up to the value of €430 for air and sea travellers and €300 for other travellers (reduced to €175 for children under 15).
The following items may be imported into Germany without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos (max. 3 grams each) or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
  • 4L of wine and 16L of beer and 1L of spirits over 22% volume or 2L of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume.
  • Other goods up to the value of €430 for air and sea travellers and €300 for other travellers (reduced to €175 for children under 15).
The following items may be imported into India by foreign travellers incurring customs duty:
  • 100 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 125g of tobacco.
  • 2L of spirits or wine.
  • Gifts and souvenirs to the value of Rs15,000.
The following goods may be imported into Indonesia by travellers without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 200g of tobacco.
  • 1L of alcoholic beverages.
  • Gifts up to a value of US$250 per person or US$1,000 per family.
The following items may be imported into Ireland without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
  • 4L of wine and 16L of beer and 1L of spirits over 22% volume or 2L of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume.
  • Other goods up to the value of €430 (reduced to €215 for children under 15).
The following items may be imported into Italy without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos (max. 3 grams each) or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
  • 4L of wine and 16L of beer and 1L of spirits over 22% volume or 2L of alcoholic beverages less than 22% volume.
  • Other goods up to the value of €430 for air and sea travellers and €300 for other travellers (reduced to €150 for children under 15).
The following goods may be imported into Japan by travellers 20 years of age and older without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco or 10 individual packages of heat-not-burn tobacco or 250g of a combination of these products.
  • 3 bottles (approximately 760ml each) of alcohol.
  • 56ml of perfume.
  • Other goods under the total value of ¥200,000. The value of every single item must be under ¥10.000 in order to be free of duty and / or tax.
The following goods may be imported into Malaysia without incurring customs duty:
  • 1L of alcoholic drinks.
  • 3 pieces of new clothing and 1 new pair of shoes.
  • Food up to the value of RM150.
  • 1 portable electronic item for personal care.
  • Other goods up to the value of RM500 for land or sea travellers and up to the value of RM1,000 for air travellers.
The following goods may be imported into Mauritius without incurring customs duty:
  • 250g of tobacco products.
  • 2L of spirits and 4L of wine/beer/top-fermented beer OR 3L of spirits and no beer OR 6L of wine/top-fermented beer/beer and no spirits.
  • Other goods to the value of Rs 15,000 (Mauritians under 12 years old or foreigners) or Rs 30,000 (Mauritians over 12 years old).
The following items may be imported into New Zealand by persons of 17 years of age and over without incurring customs duty:
  • 50 cigarettes or 50g of tobacco or cigars or a mixture of all three weighing no more than 50g.
  • 4.5L of wine or beer.
  • 3 bottles of 1.125L of spirits or liqueurs.
  • Other goods to the value of NZ$700.
The following items may be imported into the Philippines without incurring customs duty:
  • 2 packs of cigarettes/ 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco.
  • 2 bottles of 1.5L alcoholic drinks.
  • Personal effects up to a maximum value of PHP 10,000 for persons aged 18 and over.
The following goods may be imported into Singapore without incurring customs duty:
  • 1L of spirits and 1L of wine OR 1L of spirits and 1L of beer OR 1L of wine and 1L of beer OR 2L of wine OR 2L of beer.
  • Goods to the value of S$500 (if out of the country for more than 48 hours) or S$100 (if out of the country for less than 48 hours).
The following goods may be imported into South Africa without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes and 20 cigars and 250g of tobacco.
  • 1L of spirits or liqueurs and 2L of wine.
  • 50ml of perfume and 250ml of eau de toilette.
  • Other goods up to a value of R5,000. This allowance is valid once per person in a 30-day period and only if you have been out of the country for at least 48 hours.
Sri Lanka duty-free allowance (non-residents):

The following items may be imported into Sri Lanka by visitors over 18 years of age without incurring customs duty:
  • 2 bottles of wine and 1.5L of spirits.
  • A small quantity of perfume and 250ml of eau de toilette.
  • Souvenirs up to US$250 in value.

Sri Lanka duty-free allowance (residents):

The following items may be imported into Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans over 18 years of age without incurring customs duty:
  • 2.5L of spirits and 2L of wine.
  • Up to US$125 of personal items annually if the period abroad is less than 90 days.
  • Up to US$500 of personal items annually if the period abroad is between 90 to 365 days.
  • Up to US$1,000 of personal items annually if the period abroad is above 365 days.
The following goods may be imported into Thailand without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 250g of cigars or tobacco.
  • 1L of alcohol.
  • Goods to the value of THB฿20,000.
The following items may be imported into the United Arab Emirates without incurring customs duty:
  • 400 cigarettes or cigarettes worth less than AED 2000
  • Cigars worth less than AED 3000.
  • 4L of alcoholic beverages or 48 cans of beer (with each can not exceeding 355ml).
  • Value of gifts, perfumes and personal items worth less than AED 3,000.
England, Wales and Scotland duty-free allowance for all travellers outside the UK:
  • Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco or 200 sticks of tobacco for E-cigarettes. These can be combined provided travellers do not exceed their total tobacco allowance.
  • Alcohol: 18L of still wine and 42L of beer, plus either 4L of spirits stronger than 22% or 9L of fortified or sparkling wine or other liqueurs up to 22%. These can be combined provided travellers do not exceed their total alcohol allowance.
  • Other goods including souvenirs up to the value of £390 (or £270 if arriving by private plane or boat).

Northern Ireland duty-free allowance for travellers from non-EU countries:

  • Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco or 200 sticks of tobacco for E-cigarettes. These can be combined provided travellers do not exceed their total tobacco allowance.
  • Alcohol: 4L of still wine and 16L of beer, plus either 1L of spirits stronger than 22% or 2L of fortified or sparkling wine or other liqueurs up to 22%. These can be combined provided travellers do not exceed their total alcohol allowance.
  • Other goods including souvenirs up to the value of £390 (or £270 if arriving by private plane or boat).
The following goods may be imported by visitors over 21 years of age into the USA without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 100 cigars.
  • 1L of alcoholic beverage.
  • Goods up to the value of US$800 for returning residents who have been out of the country for at least 48 hours and have made the trip once in every 31 days.
  • Goods up to a value of US$100 for non-residents.
The following items may be freely imported into Vietnam by travellers without incurring customs duty:
  • 200 cigarettes or 20 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
  • 1.5L of spirits over 20% volume or 2L of fortified wines or liqueurs under 20% volume or 3L of other alcoholic drinks.
  • Other goods to the value of ₫10,000,000.


Important - these should be used as a guide only. We recommend that you check the latest allowances for each country’s customs requirements.

 

Liquids, Aerosols and Gels (LAGs)

There are restrictions on the amount of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) you can carry onboard the plane. When you collect items at Perth Duty Free, you have already passed through security, meaning that you’ll be able to board without that restriction. Items purchased from Perth Duty Free are safe to travel with in your carry-on luggage.

If your journey includes a stopover or you transit through another airport, some restrictions may apply.

Flights with multiple stopovers

For flights with stopovers where you leave the airport at your multiple stopovers, and where you leave the airport at your next destination (e.g. Perth > Dubai > London) then yes, you can buy duty free alcohol and other liquids to take with you provided you can transfer the items into your checked-in luggage at your next destination. Please be sure to check your duty free allowance for arrival into that country and the cabin baggage allocations.

Flights transiting through other airports

If you are transiting at an airport before travelling on to your destination you will be security screened. Any items over 100ml will likely be confiscated at the screening point in compliance with the LAGs security restrictions. If your travel sees you return to Perth, we recommend that you chose to pick-up your purchase at the arrivals location in the terminal you are returning to Perth via.