Duty-Free Allowances from North Cyprus: How Much Alcohol Can You Take Home? (2026)

How much alcohol you can take home duty-free from North Cyprus depends on the country you're flying to. The allowances below are per person and based on each country's official customs website, correct as of September 2026. Allowances can change, so check the official page linked before you travel. Anything over the limit must be declared and duty paid, and in some countries amounts over the limit aren't allowed at all.

• Beer: 42 litres. Still wine: 18 litres.
• Plus: 4 litres of spirits over 22% or 9 litres of drinks up to 22% (sparkling wine, fortified wine, cider). You can split this allowance between the two.
• Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 g tobacco or 200 heated tobacco sticks (can be split).
• Age: no alcohol or tobacco allowance if you're under 17.
• Source: GOV.UK – Bringing goods into Great Britain. Flying into Northern Ireland? Check the GOV.UK guidance for Northern Ireland.

In practice, 4 litres of spirits is five 70 cl bottles of whisky, gin or raki, with a little room to spare. Every adult traveller has their own allowance.

• Per person: 40 cigarettes and 1 litre of spirits/alcoholic drinks. Total value of personal goods up to €260.
• Age: no allowance under 17.
• Not allowed: cigars, cigarillos, rolling tobacco, shisha tobacco and heated tobacco products can't be taken across.
• Source: EU Council Regulation 866/2004 (Green Line Regulation) and the Republic of Cyprus Customs Department: mof.gov.cy – Green Line Regulations.

Worth knowing if you're flying home from Larnaca or Paphos: the Green Line limit applies at the crossing, before you even reach the airport.

• Alcohol: 1 litre of drinks over 22% and 2 litres of drinks up to 22%.
• Tobacco: 600 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars, 250 g rolling tobacco (with 200 papers), 250 g pipe tobacco.
• Age: no alcohol or tobacco allowance under 18.
• Source: Turkish Ministry of Trade – Passenger allowances, Gümrük Rehberi (both in Turkish).

• Alcohol: 1 litre over 22% or 2 litres up to 22% (can be combined proportionally). Plus 4 litres of still wine and 16 litres of beer.
• Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 g tobacco.
• Age: 17 or over.
• Source: zoll.de – Reisefreimengen.

• Alcohol: 4 litres of still wine and 16 litres of beer. Plus 1 litre over 22% or 2 litres up to 22% (can be combined proportionally).
• Age: 17 or over.
• Tobacco: check the amounts on the BMF page.
• Source: bmf.gv.at – Freimengen, oesterreich.gv.at.

• Alcohol: 5 litres of drinks up to 18% and 1 litre of drinks over 18%.
• Tobacco: 250 cigarettes/cigars or 250 g of other tobacco products.
• Age: 17 or over.
• Source: BAZG – Freimengen.

• Alcohol (Eurasian Economic Union common rule): up to 3 litres duty-free per person aged 18+. Duty is charged per litre between 3 and 5 litres. More than 5 litres can't be imported for personal use.
• Tobacco: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars/cigarillos or 250 g tobacco (or a mix not exceeding 250 g in total).
• Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia (FTS). The same EAEU rules apply to Kazakhstan: EAEU personal goods rules.

Flights from Ercan usually connect via Turkey, and the usual liquids rules for hand luggage apply at security. Put bottles bought in the shop in your hold luggage, well wrapped, rather than in your cabin bag. Wrap them in clothes, place them in the middle of the case and tape the caps. Check your airline's baggage rules. For gift ideas, see our North Cyprus drinks gift guide; for a comparison with the airport, see Ercan duty free or off licence?

Compiled September 2026. This page is for information only. The current official customs rules of the country concerned are what count.