Guidance

Travelling to the UK

This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.

• From: Border Force
• Published: 29 April 2013
• Last updated: 1 October 2026
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  1. 1 October 2026

     Updated information on the alcohol duty free personal allowance limit in the England, Scotland and Wales guidance.

  2. 1 September 2026

     Updating guidance on vaping products, updates throughout.

  3. 27 August 2026

     Updated both guidance documents to include information about vaping products.

  4. 31 July 2026

     Updated guidance so users know they can make an online declaration 120 hours in advance, and not 72 hours.

  5. 14 May 2025

     Updated email address and address and added a pdf version to print.

  6. 12 July 2024

     Updated section 4 of the guidance for England, Scotland and Wales on alcohol allowance to include cider.

  7. 17 May 2024

     Added a customs leaflet for UK.

  8. 15 January 2024

     Updated the merchandise in baggage threshold and updated the fraud hotline phoneline hours.

  9. 11 March 2022

     UK customs information: Northern Ireland (accessible version) added.

  10. 31 December 2020

      Updated the guidance.

  11. 14 December 2017

      Updated guidance.

  12. 29 April 2013

      First published.

Documents

UK customs information: England, Scotland and Wales

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UK customs information: Northern Ireland

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Details

This leaflet outlines what you are allowed and not allowed to bring into the UK through Customs.