The customs clearance point is situated in check-in area. Here you can declare exported goods entitled to VAT refund, items subject to customs duties or customs declaration obligation.
Travellers arriving to Poland from EU country are excused from customs duties for imported goods as long as the goods are not intended for trade.
Goods imported up to a value of 430 EUR, carried in the personal luggage of persons travelling by air from a third country onto Polish territory are VAT exempt (and consequently, exempt from import duties). Essential medicines required by the passenger, quantities of tobacco and tobacco products as well as liquor are excluded from the aforementioned limits and are subject to the following norms.
Travellers, that are over 17 years old and are arriving from non-EU country are allowed to import listed below goods duty-free as long as they do not exceed following maximum volumes:
Tobacco poducts:
- 200 cigarettes, or
- 100 cigarillos (max. 3 grams each), or
- 50 cigars, or
- 250 g of smoking tobacco,
- or a combination, adding up to the same quantity.
Alcohol and alcoholic drinks:
- 1 l – spirits with an alcohol content of over 22% vol. or non-denatured ethyl alcohol (ethanol) with an alcohol content of 80% vol. or more, or
- 2 l – spirits, aperitifs made of wine or alcohol, rataffia, sake or similar drinks with an alcohol content of 22% vol. or less; sparkling wines, liqueur wines,
- or a combination, adding up to the same quantity,
- 2 l – wines (non-sparkling wines or non-liqueur wine),
- 16 l – beer.
Additionally (without age restrictions):
- 50 g of perfume,
- 250 ml of eau de toilette,
- medicine in the volume appropriate to the needs of the passenger.
Besides the products listed above, traveller is allowed to import goods of total value no more than 175 EUR, and if he is under 15 year old no more than 90 EUR.
Travellers departing in international routes are obliged to report carried:
- domestic and/or foreign currency exceeding the equivalent of 10 000 Euros in total,
- goods intended for economic activity or with economic properties,
- goods which are subject to export restrictions (e.g. items manufactured before 1945).
Travellers arriving in international routes are obliged to report carried:
- domestic and/or foreign currency exceeding the equivalent of 10 000 Euros in total,
- goods exceeding in quantity or value the custom allowance.
All information given above is of general nature only. For detailed information, please refer to the respective Acts of Law published in the Journals of Law (Dzienniki Ustaw) and Polish Articles of Law (Monitory Polskie). Information about customs regulations are to be found on the Ministry of Finance”s website www.mf.gov.pl
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