Iceland customs
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Free import
• Visitors who live outside Iceland: clothing and other travel gear for personal use, in amounts suitable for the purpose and length of the trip. These items must be taken out again when you leave.
• Food, including sweets and food supplements: up to 10 kg, worth no more than ISK 25,000 (see the food rules under Prohibited and Restricted).
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 200 cigarettes or 250 g of other tobacco products.
• Nicotine products: 20 tins of nicotine products, or 20 disposable e-cigarettes with 2 ml tanks, or 40 ml of e-cigarette refill liquid.
• For travelers aged 20 or older: 6 units of alcohol, combined as you like. One unit is 0.25 L of spirits (over 21% alcohol), 0.75 L of wine (21% or less), 3 L of beer, or 3 L of cider or other fermented or mixed drinks up to 6%. Examples: 1 L spirits + 0.75 L wine + 3 L beer; or 3 L wine + 6 L beer; or 1 L spirits + 6 L beer; or 1.5 L wine + 12 L beer; or 18 L beer.
• Residents of Iceland: other goods bought abroad or in the duty-free store worth up to ISK 88,000 in total (ISK 44,000 for children under 12).
• Allowances are personal: they cannot be combined between travelers or passed to tour guides, drivers or travel agencies, and do not cover goods for sale or commercial use.
Currency
• Cash worth more than EUR 10,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), including travelers' cheques and bearer negotiable instruments, must be declared to customs on arrival. The form is available online and at the red channel.
• Customs may seize undeclared or suspicious cash and pass the case to the police.
Prohibited
• Narcotics and illegal drugs
• Oral tobacco (moist snuff/snus and chewing tobacco) and finely ground snuff
• Meat, dairy and egg products from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including cooked, canned and dried products. Exceptions include up to 2 kg of powdered infant milk, infant formula or medical food needed for medical reasons, and up to 10 kg of meat and dairy products from the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
• Knives with blades longer than 12 cm, switchblades, flick knives and throwing knives, brass knuckles, truncheons, crossbows and handcuffs
• Used leather riding gear, such as saddles, bridles, reins, halters and whips
Restricted
• Food brought in must be in sealed consumer packaging with a list of ingredients; unpacked or unlabelled food is confiscated. Meat, dairy and egg products from EU/EEA countries are allowed for personal use.
• Fish products from outside the EEA are allowed up to 20 kg (or one fish), and other animal products such as honey up to 2 kg. Plant-based food for personal use is allowed.
• Food supplements containing substances such as CBD, DMAA, DNP, ephedrine, yohimbe, tongkat ali, 5-HTP or berberine are stopped by customs.
• Medicines for personal use: up to 100 days' supply (30 days for anabolic steroids, peptide hormones and similar substances). Customs may ask for a doctor's certificate.
• Firearms, ammunition and explosives need a permit from the police. Holders of a European Firearms Pass may bring the firearms listed in it and a reasonable amount of ammunition without a separate permit for stays of up to 3 months, if the firearms are allowed in Iceland.
• Dogs and cats need an import permit from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) and may come only from approved countries. They must meet vaccination and testing requirements, including a rabies antibody test, arrive through Keflavík Airport (not by ferry) and stay 2 weeks in an approved quarantine station. Several dog breeds and their crosses are banned, including Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Tosa Inu, Cane Corso, Presa Canario and Boerboel.
• Other live animals also need an import permit from MAST. Animals brought in without a permit will be euthanized.
• Plants and flowers need a phytosanitary certificate from the country of cultivation and a MAST permit. Without a certificate you may bring from Europe a bouquet of cut flowers (up to 25 stems), bulbs and tubers in unopened packaging (up to 2 kg) and up to 3 potted plants.
• Angling gear and riding clothing used abroad (including rods, reels, lures, waders, gloves and boots) must be disinfected. Bring a disinfection certificate; otherwise the gear is disinfected on arrival at your own cost.
• Cordless phones, radio transmitters, remote-controlled toys and similar communications equipment need a telecom permit; one GSM mobile phone does not.
• Goods above the allowances or subject to restrictions must be declared in the red channel. If in doubt, use the red channel.
• Visitors who live outside Iceland: clothing and other travel gear for personal use, in amounts suitable for the purpose and length of the trip. These items must be taken out again when you leave.
• Food, including sweets and food supplements: up to 10 kg, worth no more than ISK 25,000 (see the food rules under Prohibited and Restricted).
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 200 cigarettes or 250 g of other tobacco products.
• Nicotine products: 20 tins of nicotine products, or 20 disposable e-cigarettes with 2 ml tanks, or 40 ml of e-cigarette refill liquid.
• For travelers aged 20 or older: 6 units of alcohol, combined as you like. One unit is 0.25 L of spirits (over 21% alcohol), 0.75 L of wine (21% or less), 3 L of beer, or 3 L of cider or other fermented or mixed drinks up to 6%. Examples: 1 L spirits + 0.75 L wine + 3 L beer; or 3 L wine + 6 L beer; or 1 L spirits + 6 L beer; or 1.5 L wine + 12 L beer; or 18 L beer.
• Residents of Iceland: other goods bought abroad or in the duty-free store worth up to ISK 88,000 in total (ISK 44,000 for children under 12).
• Allowances are personal: they cannot be combined between travelers or passed to tour guides, drivers or travel agencies, and do not cover goods for sale or commercial use.
Currency
• Cash worth more than EUR 10,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), including travelers' cheques and bearer negotiable instruments, must be declared to customs on arrival. The form is available online and at the red channel.
• Customs may seize undeclared or suspicious cash and pass the case to the police.
Prohibited
• Narcotics and illegal drugs
• Oral tobacco (moist snuff/snus and chewing tobacco) and finely ground snuff
• Meat, dairy and egg products from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including cooked, canned and dried products. Exceptions include up to 2 kg of powdered infant milk, infant formula or medical food needed for medical reasons, and up to 10 kg of meat and dairy products from the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
• Knives with blades longer than 12 cm, switchblades, flick knives and throwing knives, brass knuckles, truncheons, crossbows and handcuffs
• Used leather riding gear, such as saddles, bridles, reins, halters and whips
Restricted
• Food brought in must be in sealed consumer packaging with a list of ingredients; unpacked or unlabelled food is confiscated. Meat, dairy and egg products from EU/EEA countries are allowed for personal use.
• Fish products from outside the EEA are allowed up to 20 kg (or one fish), and other animal products such as honey up to 2 kg. Plant-based food for personal use is allowed.
• Food supplements containing substances such as CBD, DMAA, DNP, ephedrine, yohimbe, tongkat ali, 5-HTP or berberine are stopped by customs.
• Medicines for personal use: up to 100 days' supply (30 days for anabolic steroids, peptide hormones and similar substances). Customs may ask for a doctor's certificate.
• Firearms, ammunition and explosives need a permit from the police. Holders of a European Firearms Pass may bring the firearms listed in it and a reasonable amount of ammunition without a separate permit for stays of up to 3 months, if the firearms are allowed in Iceland.
• Dogs and cats need an import permit from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) and may come only from approved countries. They must meet vaccination and testing requirements, including a rabies antibody test, arrive through Keflavík Airport (not by ferry) and stay 2 weeks in an approved quarantine station. Several dog breeds and their crosses are banned, including Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Tosa Inu, Cane Corso, Presa Canario and Boerboel.
• Other live animals also need an import permit from MAST. Animals brought in without a permit will be euthanized.
• Plants and flowers need a phytosanitary certificate from the country of cultivation and a MAST permit. Without a certificate you may bring from Europe a bouquet of cut flowers (up to 25 stems), bulbs and tubers in unopened packaging (up to 2 kg) and up to 3 potted plants.
• Angling gear and riding clothing used abroad (including rods, reels, lures, waders, gloves and boots) must be disinfected. Bring a disinfection certificate; otherwise the gear is disinfected on arrival at your own cost.
• Cordless phones, radio transmitters, remote-controlled toys and similar communications equipment need a telecom permit; one GSM mobile phone does not.
• Goods above the allowances or subject to restrictions must be declared in the red channel. If in doubt, use the red channel.