Thailand duty-free allowance

Your duty-free allowance is what you can bring into Thailandwithout paying import duty or tax. Anything above it must be declared at customs and is taxed. The figures below were checked on 2026-07-31 against the official customs source, linked on the card.

Alcohol

1 L

20+

Full rule

1 litre of liquor (wine or spirits), age 20+

Tobacco

200 cigarettes

strictly enforced · 20+

Full rule

200 cigarettes OR 250g cigars/tobacco (mixtures capped at 250g), age 20+

Goods & gifts

THB 20,000

Full rule

THB 20,000 personal effects (figure from official-guidance excerpts in search results; not on the page opened)

Cash · declare from

USD 15,000+

Full rule

foreign currency of USD 15,000+ aggregate must be declared (from secondary excerpts; not on the page opened); THB export to some neighbors capped separately

Depends on: age 20; none by origin/duration

Good to know

enforcement is famously strict on cigarettes at 1-carton limit (per-pack fines ~467.5 THB stated by Thai embassy Vienna); customs.go.th English pages are fragmented and hard to deep-link - a real UX gap

From Thailand's official customs guidance, checked 2026-07-31 ·verify at the source · Guidance, not law — allowances change and the customs officer has the final say. Verify before you fly.

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