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Overview
The following items may be imported into Cuba by travellers aged 18 years and over without incurring customs duty:
• 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 500g of tobacco.
• 2.5L alcoholic beverages. • Gifts up to a value of CUC$50.99. • Medicines required for personal use. Prohibited Imports
Prohibited items include animal products, explosives, certain household appliances, and all pornographic material and drugs.
Restricted items requiring authorisation include firearms and ammunition, live animals and plants and their parts, certain foodstuffs, and works of art.
Note that electrical items with heavy power consumption may be confiscated and returned upon departure.
Prohibited Exports
Drugs, explosives, pornography, items of cultural value, manuscripts dating from between 1440 and 1500, library books, books edited by Libros Cubanos under the 'R' imprint, foreign editions published between the 16th and 18th centuries, Cuban editions published in the 18th century, and lobster in any form or quantity.
Note that if taking cigars out of Cuba, you may take up to 50 cigars. These must be unopened and sealed in their original packaging and you must be able to show a receipt proving you bought them in an authorised shop, otherwise they will be seized.
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