Can you bring alcohol to Uruguay?

Short answer
Allowed, within limits

  • Alcohol

    allowed, within limits

    Only six (6) litres of distilled alcoholic beverages per traveller may be brought in, and only by travellers of legal age.

    Goods within the general allowance (USD 500 by air or sea from outside the region, once a year) are duty-free; goods above it are held until a single 50% tax is paid.

    Also covers: alcohol, wine, beer, spirits, vodka, whisky, liquor

    Source Dirección Nacional de Aduanas — Traveller baggage sworn declaration form (2016)Checked against the source on 2026-10-21

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