Belarus customs
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Free import
• Goods for personal use arriving by air: up to EUR 10,000 in value and 50 kg in weight per traveler.
• Goods for personal use arriving by land (car, bus, train) or on foot: up to EUR 500 in value and 25 kg in weight per traveler.
• Used personal belongings needed during the trip are not counted towards these limits.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars (cigarillos) or 200 heated tobacco sticks or 250 g of tobacco (or a mix of these weighing up to 250 g in total).
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 3 L of alcoholic beverages (including beer). Between 3 L and 5 L you pay EUR 10 for each liter over 3 L; more than 5 L is not treated as personal goods.
• Goods above the value or weight limits must be declared in the red channel and are charged 30% of the excess value, but not less than EUR 4 per kg of excess weight.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of Belarusian rubles (BYN) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash and traveler's checks totalling more than USD 10,000 (or the equivalent) must be declared in writing on a passenger customs declaration. Other monetary instruments (such as cheques and bills of exchange) must be declared whatever their amount.
• If you declare more than USD 100,000, you must also show documents proving where the money came from.
• Keep your stamped copy of the declaration until you leave Belarus.
Prohibited
• Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (except medicines that meet the rules below)
• Ozone-depleting substances, hazardous waste and banned pesticides
• Printed, audiovisual and other materials whose import is banned, including materials that Belarus classes as extremist
• Pyrotechnic products (fireworks, signal flares, smoke devices, heating packs for tourism) as personal goods
Restricted
• Firearms and ammunition need a permit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus and must be declared.
• Medicines containing narcotic drugs (up to one week's supply) or psychotropic substances (up to 90 single doses) must be declared in writing and supported by a paper prescription or a medical extract signed and stamped by a doctor, showing the medicine, dosage and daily quantity. Documents must be in Russian or Belarusian or come with a certified translation; electronic prescriptions are not accepted.
• Plants and plant products: up to 5 kg of fruit and vegetables (not potatoes, seeds or planting material), one melon, one watermelon, one pumpkin and up to 3 bouquets of flowers may be brought in without a phytosanitary certificate.
• Pets: up to 2 dogs or cats per traveler without an import permit or quarantine. Each needs an international pet passport with an official veterinarian's record of a clinical examination within 14 days before departure, and a rabies vaccination given at least 20 days before departure (puppies and kittens under 3 months are exempt). Dogs must also be vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, adenovirus and leptospirosis, and cats against panleukopenia. More animals need a permit from the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision. Pets must be declared in writing (red channel).
• Endangered species of animals and plants and products made from them (CITES) need a permit.
• Goods above the duty-free limits or subject to restrictions must be declared in the red channel. If you are unsure, use the red channel.
• Goods for personal use arriving by air: up to EUR 10,000 in value and 50 kg in weight per traveler.
• Goods for personal use arriving by land (car, bus, train) or on foot: up to EUR 500 in value and 25 kg in weight per traveler.
• Used personal belongings needed during the trip are not counted towards these limits.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars (cigarillos) or 200 heated tobacco sticks or 250 g of tobacco (or a mix of these weighing up to 250 g in total).
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 3 L of alcoholic beverages (including beer). Between 3 L and 5 L you pay EUR 10 for each liter over 3 L; more than 5 L is not treated as personal goods.
• Goods above the value or weight limits must be declared in the red channel and are charged 30% of the excess value, but not less than EUR 4 per kg of excess weight.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of Belarusian rubles (BYN) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash and traveler's checks totalling more than USD 10,000 (or the equivalent) must be declared in writing on a passenger customs declaration. Other monetary instruments (such as cheques and bills of exchange) must be declared whatever their amount.
• If you declare more than USD 100,000, you must also show documents proving where the money came from.
• Keep your stamped copy of the declaration until you leave Belarus.
Prohibited
• Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (except medicines that meet the rules below)
• Ozone-depleting substances, hazardous waste and banned pesticides
• Printed, audiovisual and other materials whose import is banned, including materials that Belarus classes as extremist
• Pyrotechnic products (fireworks, signal flares, smoke devices, heating packs for tourism) as personal goods
Restricted
• Firearms and ammunition need a permit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus and must be declared.
• Medicines containing narcotic drugs (up to one week's supply) or psychotropic substances (up to 90 single doses) must be declared in writing and supported by a paper prescription or a medical extract signed and stamped by a doctor, showing the medicine, dosage and daily quantity. Documents must be in Russian or Belarusian or come with a certified translation; electronic prescriptions are not accepted.
• Plants and plant products: up to 5 kg of fruit and vegetables (not potatoes, seeds or planting material), one melon, one watermelon, one pumpkin and up to 3 bouquets of flowers may be brought in without a phytosanitary certificate.
• Pets: up to 2 dogs or cats per traveler without an import permit or quarantine. Each needs an international pet passport with an official veterinarian's record of a clinical examination within 14 days before departure, and a rabies vaccination given at least 20 days before departure (puppies and kittens under 3 months are exempt). Dogs must also be vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, adenovirus and leptospirosis, and cats against panleukopenia. More animals need a permit from the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision. Pets must be declared in writing (red channel).
• Endangered species of animals and plants and products made from them (CITES) need a permit.
• Goods above the duty-free limits or subject to restrictions must be declared in the red channel. If you are unsure, use the red channel.