Can you bring tobacco or cigarettes to Montenegro?

• Tobacco

  allowed, within limits

  Duty-free for travellers aged 17+. Arriving by AIR: 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos (cigars up to 3 g each), or 50 cigars, or 250 g smoking tobacco (or a proportional mix). Arriving by any OTHER means (land, sea, rail): only 40 cigarettes, or 20 cigarillos, or 10 cigars, or 50 g smoking tobacco.

  Customs Administration instruction of 31 Oct 2025 (Decree Sl. list CG 31/25, Art. 8 for air travel, Art. 9 for 'other types of traffic'). The lower allowance for non-air arrivals is a common surprise for travellers driving in from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia or Albania or arriving by ferry. Under-17s get no tobacco allowance. Tobacco above the allowance is charged full import duties.

  Also covers: tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, rolling tobacco, smoking

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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