r/Ryanair • u/Some-Freedom3714 • 2d ago

I’m a non E.U citizen travelling to Belgium. Am I allowed to bring cigarette cartons in my checked in luggage?

As the title says, I’m traveling to Belgium and I intend on taking with me 2 cartons of cigarettes with me, for personal use. I’m wondering if I could carry them in my checked in luggage. Thanks!

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u/OxfordBlue2 2d ago

Your citizenship is irrelevant. You can carry them in checked luggage but you’re over the allowance which is 200.

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u/Character-Carpet7988 4h ago

I'd just add that you can bring more but you need to pay duty on them. So it usually doesn't make sense from a financial perspective, but if you want to bring something specialized, it is possible. I occasionally brought alcohol above the limit and declared it, when it was stuff not easy to get in Europe.

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u/signol_ 2d ago

As I understand it, if you're traveling alone, you can bring a total of 200 for personal consumption. Above that and if customs stop you, you'll be paying duty on them. Have you checked the retail price in Belgium? Or use the opportunity to quit, saving you 100% of the cost..

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u/lammy82 2d ago edited 2d ago

If you mean that you’re travelling from outside the EU then the limit is 200. If you are travelling from a country within the EU then there is no limit as such but a guideline value of 800 above which the presumption will be that they are not for personal use.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/carry/alcohol-tobacco-cash/indexamp_en.htm

And in any case carrying them in the checked luggage is fine.

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u/noodlesvonsoup 2d ago

yo will only be allowed to bring one of those cartons