Can you bring alcohol to Montenegro?

• Alcohol

  allowed, within limits

  Duty-free for travellers aged 17+: 1 litre of spirits over 22% vol (or undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80% vol or more), OR 2 litres of alcoholic drinks up to 22% vol (or a proportional mix of the two), plus 4 litres of still wine and 2 litres of beer. The same quantities apply whether you arrive by air or by land/sea.

  Montenegrin Customs Administration instruction (31 Oct 2025) applying Articles 8–9 of the Decree on exemption from import duties (Sl. list CG 31/25). People under 17 get no alcohol or tobacco allowance. The alcohol/tobacco quantities are duty-free regardless of value and are not counted toward the general goods allowance (EUR 430 for air and sea travellers, EUR 300 for other travellers, EUR 150 for under-15s). Above the allowance, full import duties are charged (up to the maximum quantities of excise goods individuals may import). Goods must be occasional and for personal/family use or gifts, not commercial.

  Also covers: alcohol, wine, beer, spirits, liquor, vodka, whisky, whiskey, rakija, duty free alcohol

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  Source Oslobođenje od plaćanja uvoznih dažbina na robu u ličnom prtljagu — Customs Administration of Montenegro (Uprava carina) instruction no. 14388/1-25 of 31 Oct 2025, applying the Decree on conditions and procedure for exemption from import duties (Sl. list CG 31/25)Checked against the source on 2026-10-10

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history