Can you bring tobacco or cigarettes to Chile?

• Tobacco

  allowed, within limits

  Per adult traveller: 400 cigarettes, 500 g of pipe tobacco and 50 cigars, duty-free.

  Aduana Exempt Resolution No. 309 (Annex 5, point I.3): 'Up to a quantity not exceeding per adult traveler 400 units of cigarettes, 500 grams of pipe tobacco; 50 units of cigars'. The joint Aduana–SAG form gives the same figures for travellers over 18. Amounts above this must be declared and taxed. E-cigarettes are not mentioned in the allowance (see e-cigarettes, unverified).

  Also covers: tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, cigarillos, duty free cigarettes

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  Source Servicio Nacional de Aduanas — Exempt Resolution No. 309 (Annex No. 5, Appendix XI, Chapter III of the Compendium of Customs Regulations: benefits for travellers; in force 13 March 2018), official English version; amounts updated by Exempt Resolution No. 1301Checked against the source on 2026-10-10

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