Alcohol / Spirits 🇵🇭 Philippines
2 bottles (1L each) duty-free
Can I bring Alcohol / Spirits into Philippines?
2 bottles (1L each) duty-free
2 bottles × 1L
- Bureau of Customs declaration form for quantities above duty-free allowance
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Philippine Bureau of Customs allows travelers aged 18 or over to bring 2 bottles of alcoholic beverages, each not exceeding 1 litre, duty-free. Excess quantities are subject to customs duty plus excise tax under the National Internal Revenue Code. Alcohol is legally and widely sold domestically. Declare excess quantities on the BOC Customs Declaration Form (CDF) on arrival.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 5000–500000 PHP
- Civil penalty only
Occasional — Enforcement reported intermittently.
Leaving Philippines with alcohol / spirits
Spirits for personal consumption are freely exportable from Philippines — excise duty is origin-paid on retail purchases and no export formality applies at personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance (typically 1 litre of spirits) above which arrival duty applies, and aviation rules: liquids over 100 ml must travel in checked baggage or as sealed duty-free purchases, and alcohol over 70% ABV is forbidden on aircraft entirely (24-70% ABV is capped at 5 litres per passenger in retail packaging).
Duty-free: 2L alcohol, 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g tobacco per adult. Balikbayan boxes (large boxes sent by overseas Filipinos) valued at PHP 150,000 (~USD $2,700) or less are exempt from duties and taxes (once per year per sender). Arriving passengers may bring in PHP 10,000 (~USD $175) in general goods duty-free.
Standard duty-free allowance applies (typically 1L spirits + 1-2L wine + beer). Declare any quantity above; excise + 12% VAT computed at Bureau of Customs (BOC) Red Channel. Bring purchase receipts.
2 bottles × 1L
- Bureau of Customs declaration form for quantities above duty-free allowance
CMTA RA 10863
This page covers destination customs rules in Philippines. Whether you can carry alcohol / spirits through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Alcohol / Spirits is classified under Class 3 — Flammable liquids. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.
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Non-Muslim adults may import 4 litres of spirits or wine duty-free via most emirates.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia
1 liter duty-free allowance
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 liter duty-free; heavily taxed beyond
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🇰🇷 South Korea
1 liter (under USD 400) duty-free
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🇫🇷 France
EU standard allowances from non-EU; unlimited within EU