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basher2 | 20:23 Sun 06th Jan 2008 | Law
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can you please tell me what my legal limit is to bring back to the uk, from ibiza
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From the HM customs website

Alcohol or tobacco

You are particularly likely to be asked questions if you have more than:

3200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3kg tobacco, 110 litres of beer, 90 litres of wine, 10 litres of spirits, 20 litres of fortified wine (such as port or sherry).

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebAp p/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_page Label=pageTravel_FAQs&propertyType=document&co lumns=1&id=HMCE_PROD_008566#P4_32
Unfortunately the above answer misses the point of the question. In the title of the question Basher2 is asking about ,b.'Duty Free' tobacco.
The section of Customs & Excise linked to is how much can be brought in 'Duty Paid', i.e. where Spanish duty has been paid at the point of purchase.
Duty free no longer exists between EU nations so the answer is 0.

However there is no limit to what you can bring back duty paid for your own use.

The limits posted by pug100 are not legal limits but Customs own limits where they will generally not ask any questions or do anything at all. (unless you do it every other day!). Above that they may well take an interest and ask some questions about your intentions with said merchandise. For example if you have a 2 ton van full of cigarettes, they may well be for your own use but customs will take some convincing! They can also visit you after the initial inspection and ask to see the goods that you imported for your own use.

In summary you wil be fine if you stick within what pug100 has said.
The exceptions are the Canary Islands and Gibraltar.

As Ibiza is not part of the Canaries it is treated exactly the same as mainland Spain and other EU countries.

http://www.spanish-airport-guide.com/duty-free .html

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