Cuba duty-free allowance

Your duty-free allowance is what you can bring into Cubawithout paying import duty or tax. Anything above it must be declared at customs and is taxed. The figures below were checked on 2026-08-01 against the named source, linked on the card.

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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