Cuba duty-free allowance

What arriving travelers can bring into Cuba without paying duty — from official customs guidance.

Alcohol

3 bottles

any alcoholic beverages · 18+

Full rule

3 bottles of alcoholic beverages per person 18+

Tobacco

400 cigarettes

or 50 cigars or 500 g tobacco · 18+

Full rule

400 cigarettes OR 50 cigars OR 500 g of tobacco per person 18+

Goods & gifts

CUP 1,000

food & medicine exempt, no limit

Full rule

Personal effects duty-free; other goods up to CUP 1,000 in value (travelers 10+), duties apply within that ceiling; food, medicines, toiletries and medical supplies in accompanied baggage are FULLY exempt with no value limit (emergency measure renewed since 2021, re-extended Feb 2026 with no end date) if packed separately; up to 10 kg of medicines with prescription

Cash · declare from

USD 5,000+

CUP capped at 5,000 in/out

Full rule

USD 5,000+ (or foreign equivalent) must be declared on entry; Cuban pesos (CUP) capped at 5,000 CUP in/out (raised from 2,000) — more needs a Central Bank permit

Depends on: age tiers (18+ alcohol/tobacco, 10+ goods allowance); separate-package rule for the food/medicine/hygiene exemption; duties on misc goods payable in CUP

Good to know

aduana.gob.cu homepage refuses connections from abroad; some deep pages load. Official pages confirmed the USD 5,000 cash declaration, 5,000 CUP peso cap and the open-ended food/medicine/toiletries exemption; alcohol/tobacco/goods-value figures are from IATA Travel Centre (aduana pages with those numbers unreachable). Dual-currency quirk: declare freely convertible currency from USD 5,000, but CUP itself has a hard 5,000-peso import/export cap

The official customs site was unreachable when checked (2026-08-01) — figures rest on a reputable secondary source ·source · Guidance, not law — allowances change and the customs officer has the final say. Verify before you fly.

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