Cigarettes and Alcohol

Recent Eurostat figures showed that Irish prices for Tobacco and Alcohol are the highest in the EU, approximately 170% of the EU average.

Naturally when your abroad your will want to stock up on these high ticket items, but to prevent yourself from falling afoul of Customs and Excise you need to limit yourself to the following:

From the EU
800 Cigarettes                             10lt Spirits
200 Cigars                                   20lt port, sherry, some liqueurs
1kg Tobacco                                                 (not exceeding 22% alcohol)
                                                     90lt wine
                                                     110lt beer

From Non EU countries
200 Cigarette                                1lt Spirits
50 Cigars                                      2lt port, sherry, some liqueurs
250g Tobacco                                                 (not exceeding 22% alcohol)
                                                      4lt wine
                                                      16lt beer

Enjoy in good health!

FS