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Douane Nederland · Overheid.nl Wettenbank (Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid) · Overheid.nl Wettenbank (Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) · European Commission (EUR-Lex, Official Journal L 152/45)
What can you bring into Netherlands?
Tobacco and vaping products
Cigarettes 200 piece · Cigars 50 piece · Loose/pipe tobacco 250 gram
24 rules
Restricted
- Cigarettes Allowed
- Cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3 g each) Allowed
- Cigars Allowed
- Cigars and other tobacco (by weight) Allowed
- Cuban-origin cigars and other tobacco products Allowed
- Cut/loose tobacco Allowed
- Disposable e-cigarette Restricted
- E-cigarette device Allowed
- E-cigarette nicotine liquid Allowed
- Heated tobacco Allowed
- Heated tobacco devices Allowed
- Lighters and matches Allowed
- Loose/other tobacco Allowed
- Loose/pipe tobacco Allowed
- Manufactured tobacco Allowed
- Nicotine pouches Allowed
- Other tobacco products (loose-leaf, molasses, heat-not-burn) Allowed
- Smoking tobacco Allowed
- Tobacco sticks Allowed
- Unstamped tobacco or vaping product unit Allowed
- Vaping devices, accessories and liquid nicotine Restricted
General allowances
Gifts and personal goods 430 EUR · Personal exemption, absence over 24 hours 430 EUR · Personal exemption, absence over 48 hours 430 EUR
27 rules
Allowed
- Accompanying goods, non-commercial (flat-rate band) Allowed
- Audio and video recorder/player Allowed
- Driver and crew border-shop bundle Allowed
- GPS device Allowed
- Game console Allowed
- Gifts and personal goods Allowed
- Gifts sent by post Allowed
- Goods eligible for the $1,000 flat rate of duty Allowed
- Laptop or personal computer Allowed
- Medical device Allowed
- Mobile phone or wireless device Allowed
- Motor vehicle fuel Allowed
- Musical instrument Allowed
- Night vision device Allowed
- Other personal item Allowed
- Personal exemption, absence over 24 hours Allowed
- Personal exemption, absence over 48 hours Allowed
- Personal exemption, absence over 7 days Allowed
- Personal goods (Annex-9 B) Allowed
- Photo camera Allowed
- Photo or video camera Allowed
- Radio and radio-cassette player Allowed
- Sports equipment Allowed
- Tablet and smartwatch Allowed
- Television Allowed
- Used articles and personal belongings Allowed
- Video camera Allowed
Cash and valuables
Cash and bearer negotiable instruments (all currencies) 10,000 EUR · Cross-border movement of monetary instruments (cash and bearer negotiable instruments) 10,000 EUR · Currency and monetary instruments (CAN$10,000 reporting) 10,000 EUR
12 rules
Declare
- Accompanied cash Declare
- Cash and bearer negotiable instruments (all currencies) Declare
- Cash and foreign-exchange payment instruments Declare
- Cross-border movement of monetary instruments (cash and bearer negotiable instruments) Declare
- Currency and monetary instruments (CAN$10,000 reporting) Declare
- Currency and monetary instruments over $10,000 Declare
- Foreign currency cash Declare
- Jewelry and precious metals Declare
- Negotiable instruments and securities Declare
- Renminbi cash Declare
- Turkish lira cash Declare
Pets and live animals
Cats and dogs 5 piece · Dogs (CDC 2024 import rule) 5 piece
5 rules
Restricted
Animal and plant products
Meat, meat products and dairy products 0 kilogram · Fish and other fishery products 20 kilogram · Other products of animal origin (honey, live bivalve molluscs, live snails) 2 kilogram
18 rules
Prohibited
- Agricultural/forestry/fishery/livestock products (general sub-cap) Allowed
- Animal, plant, fruit, vegetable, seafood and food products Restricted
- Cut flowers and wreaths Restricted
- Eggs Restricted
- Fish and other fishery products Allowed
- Food, plant and animal products under agency control Restricted
- Fruits and vegetables Restricted
- Meat and fish Restricted
- Meat, meat products and dairy products Prohibited
- Other animal-origin products (Annex-2 list) Restricted
- Other plant products Restricted
- Other products of animal origin (honey, live bivalve molluscs, live snails) Restricted
- Pet food Restricted
- Plants and plant products Restricted
- Powdered infant milk, infant food and special foods required for medical reasons Declare
- Seeds, tubers, seedlings and cuttings Declare
- Soil Prohibited
- Strong-smelling fruit (e.g. durian) Allowed
Cosmetics and personal care
Perfume and toilet water 430 EUR · Liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) 430 EUR · Skincare and make-up products 430 EUR
6 rules
Declare
- Cargo liquids in checked baggage (Zamzam water, edible oil, liquid food) Declare
- Duty-free liquids in a sealed security bag Allowed
- Liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) Allowed
- Medicine and baby food/milk liquids exempted from the LAG limit Allowed
- Perfume and toilet water Allowed
- Skincare and make-up products Allowed
Electronics and batteries
Power bank 2 piece · Portable electronic devices with installed battery 430 EUR · Smart luggage with built-in battery 430 EUR
9 rules
Restricted
- Battery-powered mobility aids and wheelchairs Allowed
- Medical oxygen cylinders and concentrators Allowed
- Mobile phone Allowed
- Personal mobility devices (hoverboard, e-scooter, self-balancing wheel, e-bike) Allowed
- Portable electronic devices with installed battery Allowed
- Power bank Restricted
- Radios, transmitters and pagers Allowed
- Smart luggage with built-in battery Allowed
- Spare (loose) lithium batteries Restricted
Medicines and medical devices
Personal-use cosmetics (each item) 430 EUR · Personal medical device 430 EUR · Dietary supplements and sports nutrition 430 EUR
13 rules
Restricted
- Controlled substances for personal medical use (schedules II-V) Restricted
- Controlled/prescription medicine Restricted
- Dietary supplements and sports nutrition Allowed
- External-use medicine (personal use) Allowed
- Medicine containing stimulant raw materials Allowed
- Medicines containing narcotic or psychotropic substances Restricted
- Narcotic and psychotropic medicines Restricted
- Narcotic or psychotropic medicines Restricted
- Non-narcotic, non-psychotropic medicines Allowed
- Personal medical device Allowed
- Personal-use cosmetics (each item) Allowed
- Personal-use medicine Allowed
- Personal-use medicines (non-controlled) Restricted
Weapons, explosives and dangerous goods
Printed matter, film and recorded media under content restrictions 430 EUR · Scissors 430 EUR · Sharp or bladed work tools 430 EUR
39 rules
Prohibited
- Antique and replica weapons Restricted
- Banned knives and edged weapons Prohibited
- Buddha images, artifacts/objects, antiques Declare
- CITES-protected species and products Restricted
- Cigarettes, tobacco and alcoholic beverages (commercial import, Excise Department permit) Declare
- Consumer fireworks Prohibited
- Controlled drugs (Misuse of Drugs Regulations, 4th Schedule) Prohibited
- Counterfeit and pirated goods Allowed
- Dry ice (carbon dioxide, solid) Allowed
- Endangered species products (e.g. rhinoceros horn) Restricted
- Fake notes or coins Restricted
- Firearms, ammunition and controlled knives Restricted
- Firearms, blades, explosives, toxic/radioactive materials and interception devices Restricted
- Food, medicine, cosmetics and food supplement Restricted
- Goods banned by law Restricted
- Guns, bullets, explosives and equivalents Restricted
- Knives Restricted
- Knives and bladed weapons Restricted
- Living animals and carcass Restricted
- Medicines Allowed
- Narcotics and psychotropic substances Prohibited
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, cannabis and abuse-risk medicines Restricted
- Obscene materials and counterfeit currency/securities Prohibited
- Pets (companion animals) Declare
- Plants and their parts Declare
- Pornographic materials Allowed
- Powders and other granular substances Prohibited
- Printed matter, film and recorded media under content restrictions Allowed
- Prohibited telecommunication equipment Prohibited
- Satellite phone Allowed
- Scissors Allowed
- Sharp or bladed work tools Allowed
- Switchblade, gravity, ballistic and Balisong (butterfly) knives Prohibited
- Unmanned aircraft (drones) Restricted
- Unmanned aircraft / drone Restricted
- Vehicle parts Allowed
- Weapons and munitions Restricted
Alcoholic beverages
Spirits and wine 1 liter · Beer 16 liter · Wine 4 liter
17 rules
Restricted
- Alcohol and alcoholic beverages above 22% vol (or undenatured ethyl alcohol 80% vol and over) Allowed
- Alcohol and alcoholic beverages up to and including 22% vol Allowed
- Alcoholic beverages (all types) Restricted
- Alcoholic beverages (combined volume and value cap) Allowed
- Alcoholic beverages (standard 760 ml bottle) Allowed
- Alcoholic beverages above 12% ABV Restricted
- Alcoholic beverages above 22% ABV Allowed
- Alcoholic beverages up to 22% ABV Allowed
- Beer Allowed
- Beer or ale Allowed
- Cuban-origin alcoholic beverages Allowed
- Other alcoholic beverages (spirits, beer, liqueurs) Restricted
- Spirits (alcoholic beverages other than wine or beer) Allowed
- Spirits and wine Allowed
- Still wine Allowed
- Wine Allowed
- Wine and spirits combined allowance (visitors) Restricted
What happens if you do not declare
- Step 1: Administrative fine, Criminal prosecution Statute: douane.nl - Geld en goud meenemen op reis
- Step 1: Confiscation, Criminal prosecution Statute: Wapenwet art. 55 (paraphrased structure, low confidence)
- Step 1: Confiscation, Destruction Statute: Article 23
- Step 1: Standard duty Statute: Douane, 'Belasting betalen over aankopen uit het buitenland', section 'Wanneer u belasting betaalt'
- Step 1: Administrative fine Statute: Algemene douanewet, Artikel 10:1, vierde lid
- Step 2: Administrative fine Statute: Algemene douanewet, Artikel 10:1, eerste lid
- Step 3: Criminal prosecution, Administrative fine Statute: Algemene douanewet, Artikel 10:1, tweede lid
- Step 4: Confiscation Statute: Algemene douanewet, Artikel 10:15, tweede lid, onderdeel a
- Step 5: Administrative fine, Standard duty Statute: Douane, 'Belasting betalen over aankopen uit het buitenland', section 'Verplicht aangifte doen'
- Step 6: Criminal prosecution, Administrative fine Statute: Algemene douanewet, Artikel 10:3, tweede lid
Official authorities
63 official sources
- Douane Nederland Geld en goud meenemen op reis
- Overheid.nl Wettenbank (Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid) Wet wapens en munitie, artikel 13 en artikel 2 lid 1 categorie I
- Overheid.nl Wettenbank (Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) Vuurwerkbesluit, artikel 1.2.2
- European Commission (EUR-Lex, Official Journal L 152/45) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft, Article 14(5)
- Overheid.nl Wettenbank (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap) Erfgoedwet, artikel 4.23 Verbod op uitvoer buiten EU zonder vergunning
- Douane Nederland Belasting betalen over aankopen uit het buitenland
- Council of the European Union (EUR-Lex, Schengen acquis) Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985, Article 75
- Douane Nederland Sigaretten of tabak meenemen uit het buitenland
- Dutch Customs Paying tax on purchases made abroad
- Douane Nederland Drank meenemen uit het buitenland
- Dutch Customs Bringing alcohol from abroad
- Douane Nederland 6 Bijlage 2. Tarievenkaart
- Douane (Customs Administration of the Netherlands) 42 Bijlage 2. Reizigersbagage. Beperking waarde en hoeveelheden
- Dutch Customs Bringing in more than allowed
- Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) Algemene Informatie Producten voor Persoonlijke Consumptie (ALIM07)
- Douane Nederland Wapens en munitie meenemen
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Travelling with rabbits, rodents or reptiles from a country outside the EU to the Netherlands
- Douane Nederland Verdovende middelen (drugs)
- Douane Nederland Dierlijke producten en levensmiddelen meenemen
- Dutch Customs (Douane Nederland) Cultuurgoederen meenemen
- Douane Nederland 5 Verordening LM - Aangifteplicht
- Dutch Customs Cash and gold
- Dutch Customs (Douane Nederland) Entering or leaving the EU with 10,000 euro or more
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Travelling from third countries to the Netherlands with your cat or dog
- Dutch Customs (Customs Administration of the Netherlands) Health
- Dutch Customs 9 Goederen die deel uitmaken van bagage van reizigers
- Dutch Customs Bringing cigarettes or tobacco from abroad
- Dutch Customs Protected animal- and plant species
- Dutch Customs Huisdieren
- Dutch Customs (Douane) 12 Proces fysiek toezicht geneesmiddelen
- Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI) Jammers: informatie voor opsporingsdiensten
- wetten.nl (Overheid.nl) wetten.nl - Regeling - Wetboek van Strafrecht - BWBR0001854
- Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) Ik wil planten of plantaardige producten meenemen naar Nederland
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Is de reis van mijn huisdier commercieel of niet-commercieel?
- Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (ILT) Gevaarlijke stoffen die u onder voorwaarden mag meenemen als u gaat vliegen
- Government of the Netherlands Ban on free plastic bags
- Douane Nederland Accijns- of verbruiksbelastinggoederen invoeren uit niet-EU land
- Douane Nederland Medicijnen
- Dutch Customs Animal products and foodstuffs
- wetten.nl (Government of the Netherlands) Wet op de omzetbelasting 1968
- Dutch Customs Weapons and ammunition
- Douane Nederland Regels dieren en dierlijke producten
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Ik wil vlees, zuivel of andere dierlijke producten meenemen naar Nederland
- Rijksoverheid.nl Wat mag ik meenemen in mijn handbagage in het vliegtuig?
- Customs Administration of the Netherlands Travel and holiday
- European Union (EUR-Lex) Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005
- Dutch Customs Drugs
- Publications Office of the European Union (EUR-Lex) Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union
- European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety Personal imports
- Government of the Netherlands Bringing plants products to the Netherlands
- Dutch Customs Medicines
- Dutch Customs Plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables
- Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (ILT) Gevaarlijke stoffen meenemen in bagage als u gaat vliegen
- Government of the Netherlands Importing cultural objects
- Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit Invoerverboden bij Import
- Douane 11 Persoonlijke bezittingen en goederen voor sportdoeleinden van reizigers | Handboek Douane (HDU) (geldig vanaf 1 mei 2016)
- Douane Nederland Groente, fruit en planten meenemen
- Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid Wet wapens en munitie
- Dutch Customs (Douane) 9 Accijnszegels
- Douane Nederland Verhuisgoederen en vrijstellingen
- Overheid.nl (Nederlandse wetgeving) Wetboek van Strafrecht, artikel 209
- Rijksoverheid (Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) Welke regels gelden voor het vliegen met een drone in de open categorie?
- Douane Nederland (Belastingdienst) Namaakartikelen meenemen uit het buitenland