DEAR PASSENGERS!

Welcome to Republic of Macedonia. In desire to facilitate your entry to the Republic of Macedonia, we would like to inform you about your rights and obligations.

GOODS NOT TO BE DECLARED

If you are Macedonian or a foreign citizen arriving from abroad, yoa are entitled to customs allowances (exemptions from duties, VAT and excise taxes) when entering Republic of Macedonia:

- goods for your personal use during the journey (personal luggage);

- tobacco products:

- 200 cigarettes, or

- 100 cigarillos, or

- 50 cigars, or

- 250 gms of smoking tobacco, or

- proportional quantity of various above listed tobacco products

- alcohol and alcoholic beverages:

- 2 litres of wine, and

- 1 litre of spirits or strong liqours

- perfume: 50ml, or

- toilet water: 250 ml.

Passangers under 18 cannot have the tobacco or alcohol allowance.

If you are a Macedonian citizen, you are entitled to customs allowance, along with the above mentioned goods, for:

- articles you are importing occasionally for your personal use, your family use or as a gifts and their total value does not exceed 175 Euros.

Please note that 175 Euros customs allowance does not apply to tobacco products, alcohol an alcoholic beverages, perfume and toilet water in quantities exceeding the above listed.

GOODS TO BE DECLARED

Macedonian or foreign citizens must declare:

- goods for sale or commercial purposes;

- goods not for sale or commercial purposes, but their total value exceeds 175 Euros;

- prohibited or restricted goods for which special licences or certificates are required (drugs, weapons, animals, plant seeds, goods from plant or animal origin, etc.).

A Customs officer may ask you to show documents proving your statements/declaration (bills, licences, certificates, etc.).

CASH ALLOWANCES

When entering into the country the residents:

Could freely bring into the country the amount that does not exceed the equivalent of 10.000 Euros in foreign currency and checks and up to 20.000 Denars per person

They are obliged to declare their foreign currency and checks to the Customs authority where the total amount exceeds the equivalent of 10.000 Euros

When entering into the country the non-residents:

Could freely bring into the country the amount that does not exceed the equivalent of 2.000 euros in foreign currency and checks and up to 20.000 denars per person.

They are obliged to declare their foreign currency and checks to the Customs authority where the total amount exceeds the equivalent of 2.000 euros, it is compulsory to receive written certificate issued by the Customs authority.

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