Tobacco Cigarettes 🇧🇷 Brazil
400 cigarettes or 250g tobacco duty-free
Can I bring Tobacco Cigarettes into Brazil?
400 cigarettes or 250g tobacco duty-free
400 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 250g tobacco
- Receita Federal declaration form for quantities above allowance
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Brazil allows 400 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 250g of tobacco duty-free. Quantities above the allowance face 50% import tax. Brazil has strict anti-smoking laws in public spaces. Travelers should check current regulations before departure as rules change frequently. Carry relevant documentation and declare items proactively at customs.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 500–50000 BRL
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Brazil with tobacco cigarettes
Cigarettes and tobacco for personal consumption are freely exportable from Brazil — excise is origin-paid at retail and no export formality applies to personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance, typically 200 cigarettes (one carton) or 250 g of tobacco, above which arrival duty and in some countries steep penalties apply. Carrying obviously above-allowance quantities can also draw origin-side questioning about undeclared commercial export.
For air travelers: USD $1,000 duty-free in general goods (raised from $500 in 2023); for land/maritime travelers: USD $500. Alcohol: 12 units (bottles/cans) of alcoholic beverages. Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 250g tobacco. Goods over the duty-free limit are taxed at a flat 50% rate (simplified tariff for personal goods).
Declare quantities above the standard 200-cigarette / 50-cigar / 250g personal allowance to Receita Federal; bring the purchase receipt to compute excise + VAT. Keep duty-free purchases sealed in the original retailer bag for audit.
400 cigarettes or 25 cigars or 250g tobacco
- Receita Federal declaration form for quantities above allowance
Brazilian Customs Regulation (IN RFB 1059)
This page covers destination customs rules in Brazil. Whether you can carry tobacco cigarettes through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Tobacco Cigarettes rules in other countries
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🇦🇺 Australia
25 cigarettes duty-free per adult. Excess requires import permit and duty payment.
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🇸🇬 Singapore
No duty-free tobacco allowance. All tobacco must be declared and duty paid.
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🇵🇭 Philippines
400 cigarettes or 50 cigars duty-free
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🇻🇳 Vietnam
400 cigarettes duty-free
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🇰🇷 South Korea
200 cigarettes duty-free for travelers over 19
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🇪🇸 Spain
200 cigarettes from non-EU; 800 from EU