Can I bring medicine and baby food liquids to Portugal?
- Official classification
- Medicine and baby food/milk liquids exempted from the LAG limit
Allowed
You can bring medicine and baby food liquids into Portugal without a special limit.
What you need to know
- No stated quantity
- Channels: Carried with the traveler
Important
This allowance applies per person, not per family or group.
Official sources
- Medidas de segurança para o transporte de LAG (líquidos, aerossóis e géis) - Restrições de LAG Autoridade Nacional da Aviação Civil (ANAC)
Questions about Medicine and baby food liquids in Portugal
- Do I have to declare medicine and baby food liquids at Portugal customs?
- No — within the allowance it passes without a declaration.
- What happens if I do not declare medicine and baby food liquids in Portugal?
- Under Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira, Guia para Viajantes, if you declare the excess yourself: a flat-rate charge is applied to the excess. Under AT, Guia para Viajantes: the normal duty becomes payable on the excess. Under RGIT, artigo 108.º n.º 2, if the goods are found without being declared: the goods are confiscated.
- Can I post or ship medicine and baby food liquids to Portugal instead of carrying it?
- Not under this allowance. It covers goods a traveller carries; a parcel is an import and is assessed under the postal rules instead. Baggage sent before or after you travels under the same allowance.
- Can I take medicine and baby food liquids out of Portugal?
- Portugal publishes no separate rule for taking medicine and baby food liquids out; the destination's rules are what will apply.
- Does the Portugal limit for medicine and baby food liquids apply per person or per family?
- Per person. Each traveller carries their own allowance and it cannot be pooled with anyone else's.
- Where does this rule come from?
- Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) states it in Medidas de segurança para o transporte de LAG (líquidos, aerossóis e géis) - Restrições de LAG. CarryRules last confirmed that sentence at the source on 2026-09-19.
- How does Portugal compare with other countries on medicine and baby food liquids?
- Of the 20 countries covered here, 0 prohibit medicine and baby food liquids, 4 limit it and 16 let it through. Portugal is among the more permissive.
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) — Medidas de segurança para o transporte de LAG (líquidos, aerossóis e géis) - Restrições de LAG · verified 2026-09-19
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) — Guia para Viajantes · verified 2026-09-20
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) — Guia para Viajantes · verified 2026-09-20
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) — Medidas de segurança para o transporte de LAG (líquidos, aerossóis e géis) - Restrições de LAG · verified 2026-09-19
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) — Medidas de segurança para o transporte de LAG (líquidos, aerossóis e géis) - Restrições de LAG · verified 2026-09-19