From EU-countries
when carrying goods across the internal EU borders, customs control is necessary only in cases when customs have information at their disposal about smuggling goods and conventionally prohibited items. It is allowed the carry household items intended for personal use, with some exceptions, defined in the normative acts of the Republic of Estonia.
No additional duty or tax will be charged on goods bought duty and tax paid (e.g. in shops, supermarkets etc.) in another EU country, provided that goods are for your personal use.
Tobacco products: 800 cigarettes, 400 cigarillos (small cigars that weigh not more than 3g), 200 cigars, 1 kg smoking tobacco.
Alcoholic beverages: 110 liters of beer, 90 liters of wine (not more than 60 liters of sparkling wine including) or other brewed beverages, 20 liters of intermediate products, 10 liters of other alcoholic beverages.
Coffee — 10 kg
Non-alcoholic beverages — 110 liters
From non-EU countries
Customs duty reliefs are applied on personal belongings of private persons entering Estonia from non-EU countries, if these articles are of noncommercial nature.
Articles of noncommercial nature are articles that are imported, as to their kind and quantity, exclusively for personal use of the tourists and members of their families or which are to be given as presents.
Private persons over the age of 17 are allowed to carry the following goods without having to pay customs duty:
Tobacco products: 200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos (small cigars that weigh not more than 3g), 50 cigars, 250 g smoking tobacco.
Spirits and alcoholic beverages: 1 liter of distilled beverages and spirits with an alcohol content of more than 22% volume, or non-denatured ethyl alcohol with more than 80% volume, 2 liters of distilled beverages and spirits, aperitifs made of wine or spirits, liquor wines, saké or any proportional mixture of these products with a maximum alcohol content of 22% volume, 2 liters of sparkling and still wine, 50 g of perfume and 0,25 liters of Eau de toilette,
medical products necessary for tourist’s trip (a quantity not exceeding 3 month-long course of medical treatment, providing the according documents, i.e. copies of prescriptions).
Declaration of Goods
When going through customs control it is the duty of every person to declare the goods. If goods do not exceed the limits of the article import or customs duty reliefs, oral declaration is acceptable.
Physical persons arriving in the Republic of Estonia Declaration can cross the border by going through “green” or “red” lanes.
Choosing the Green Lane indicates that you are only carrying items free of customs and excise duty and that you are not carrying items requiring any special import permission.
When passing through the Red Lane, you are indicating that you are carrying goods subject to declaration.
If the person is traveling by ferry, and there is the vehicle onboard, which belongs to the tourist, the owner/user of the ferry prior to arrival can provide every driver of the vehicle with red and green labels that indicate declaration of goods. Label should be put on the windshield of the vehicle.
If the person is traveling by train, the customs authorities on the State border can inspect the luggage. The customs authority that is located close to your destination point (station) carries out inspection of the luggage belonging to the physical person. There can be rare exceptions when the inspection will be carried out in the border-station.
Your luggage will be detained if you have violated normative acts of the customs or have attempted violation. It is the duty of the person to fill out the customs declaration – Single Administrative Document (SAD) on:
1) goods, during the process of transferring which there are violations in goods transfer and customs duty relief , defined by the legislative acts;
2) goods imported for reselling, regardless of their quantity and value;
3) raw materials, goods for further processing and other articles, which are imported by the pieceworkers, regardless of their quantity and value;
4) goods that have to be sent as a separate luggage;
5) firearms, explosives and ammunition, drugs and psychotropic substances, nuclear materials and other goods that are prohibited, until special permits have been issued by the relevant authorities (please indicate number of the permit, applicant and expiry date).
