Personal baggage may be brought into Cuba duty free. This includes any item (new or used) reasonably needed for your holidays in Cuba, plus: sports equipment, jewels, photographic camera, camcorder, cellular phones, smart phones, laptops, MP3 players, VCR and DVD players, video games, hair dryers, electric shavers, binoculars, one portable radio receiver, tape recorder, one portable music instrument and a sound recording device. If you want to bring a walkie-talkie you must have it registered at customs when entering Cuba and you must bring them back with you.
Duty free items also include:
• 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 500g of tobacco.
• 2.5lts alcoholic beverages.
• Gifts up to a value of 50 CUC (You can bring in gifts up to a value of 250 CUC, of that, 50 CUC is duty-free, the rest is 100 per cent taxable).
• Medicines required for personal use (up to 10kgs and provided it is in its original packing).
The total value of goods may not be no more than 1,000 CUC. And of that 250 CUC is duty-free, the remaining 750 CUC are 100 per cent taxable. No restrictions exist on the amount of money a visitor can bring into the country, but amounts over 5,000 USD should be declared.
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