Egypt Duty Free

Egypt duty free shops sell commodities that are exempted from national or local taxes. Located at different places in Egypt, mainly at the international airports, these stores sell a variety of goods and commodities like cigars, wines, beer spirits, perfumes, chocolates etc. The tourists often visit these shops before leaving a country or boarding a flight.

There is no custom duty on the import of the following items to Egypt:

• Gifts, worth E£500 can be purchased.
• One liter of Liquor or alcohol
• Number of cigarretes-200
• Number of cigars- 25
• Tobacco- 200 g
• Eau de cologne or perfumes- 1 liter

Egypt Duty Free Prohibitions

The import of certain commodities to Egypt is prohibited. These include goods such as narcotics, guns, cotton, firearms, gold and silver and many more. There is exemption if small quantities of goods are bought for personal usage. Tourists can get a detailed list of such prohibited commodities from the Egyptian commercial office, address of which is given below.

Egyptian Commercial Office,
23 South Street,
London W1L 2XD
(tel: (020) 7499 3002).

Every person during their travel must list in their passports, all electronic items that they carry such as computers, I-pods, laptops, video cameras, tape recorders and others, so that they can be exported during their exit. Travelers’ cheque, cash and gold must be reported during entry.

All tourists enjoy shopping in Egypt with Egypt duty free facilities.