Europe duty free

[mpduquaine]

How much duty free can you bring back from Europe, Specifically if you leave and arrive in ROME.

Thank you!

Michele

[Meena]

I don't know specifically about Rome, but if I remember correctly it's $800 per person and I'm thinking this applies to Rome also.

[paul929207]

The limit is $800 per person duty free coming into the US. I don't think it matters where you are coming from.

[zqvol]

Generally it is $800, but we learned last year that the items we bought in Turkey were duty free upon entry into the US. Best thing to do is check with CBP.

[ksps cruise fan]

Generally it is $800, but we learned last year that the items we bought in Turkey were duty free upon entry into the US. Best thing to do is check with CBP.

 

 

What did you buy in Turkey? Most likely, the specific items you bought (e.g. unset gems, original works of art) were exempt from duty. There's certainly nothing about Turkey that puts it into a different duty category.

 

Here's a link to a pdf from US Customs explaining all the regs:

http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/kbyg_regulations.ctt/kbyg_regulations.pdf

[CruiserBruce]

The Caribbean, for a long time, had a $1200 exemption, to encourage buying there. Not sure if it is still allowed.

[Keith1010]

In terms of returning to the USA from Europe it is $800.00 per person.

 

Yes, there are some exceptions including no duty on artwork but just keep it simple with the $800.00 per person figure. This figure also includes items purchased on the cruise ship.

 

Keep receipts for all of your purchased items as it makes it far easier in the unlikely event where they look at your items.

 

Keith

[Keith1010]

This URL will take you to a document that details the rules and regulations for purchases made abroad and brought back into the USA.

 

http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/kbyg_regulations.ctt/kbyg_regulations.pdf

 

Keith

[Keith1010]

The Caribbean, for a long time, had a $1200 exemption, to encourage buying there. Not sure if it is still allowed.

 

Bruce, here is how the $1,600.00 exemption works:

 

Keith

 

$1,600 Exemption

If you return directly or indirectly from a U .S . insular possession (U .S . Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or Guam), you are allowed a $1,600 duty-free exemption .

If you travel to a U .S . insular possession and to one or more of the Caribbean Basin or Andean countries listed above, let’s say on a Caribbean cruise, you may bring back $1,600 worth of items without paying duty, but only $800 worth of these items may come from the Caribbean Basin or Andean country or countries . Any amount beyond $800 will be dutiable unless you acquired it in one of the insular possessions . For exam- ple, if you were to travel to the U .S . Virgin Islands and Jamaica, you would be allowed to bring back $1,600 worth of merchandise duty free, as long as only $800 worth was acquired in Jamaica .

Also, you may include 1,000 cigarettes as part of the $1,600 exemption, but at least 800 of them must have been acquired in an insular possession . Only 200 ciga- rettes may have been acquired elsewhere . For example, if you were touring the South Pacific and you stopped in Tahiti, American Samoa, and other ports of call, you could bring back five cartons of cigarettes, but four of them would have to have been bought in American Samoa .

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Similarly, you may include five liters of alcoholic bev- erages in your duty-free exemption, but one of them must be a product of an insular possession . Four may be products of other countries (see section on Sending Purchases from Insular Possessions and Caribbean Basin countries)