1. Alcohol and cigarettes:
- when traveling by air: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 grams of smoking tobacco, or tobacco in any combination, if the interest portion used for individually assigned amounts, in aggregate does not exceed 100 percent;
- with other forms of travel 40 cigarettes or cigars 10, or 50 grams of smoking tobacco or tobacco in any combination, if part of interest used to individually set amounts together does not exceed 100 percent;
- When traveling by other modes of transport:
- 1 liter of distilled beverages and alcohol if the alcohol content exceeds 22%;
- undenatured ethyl alcohol with an alcohol volume concentration of 80% or more, or 2 liters of distilled beverages;
- alcohol and aperitifs based on wine or alcohol, where the alcohol content does not exceed 22%; - sparkling wine, dessert (liqueur) wine.
Alcoholic beverages may be carried in any combination, if the interest portion used for individually assigned amounts, in aggregate does not exceed 100%; 4 liters of still (non-carbonated) wine; 16 liters of beer.
Persons under 18 years of tax exemption on the import of tobacco and alcohol is not available.
2. Cars and gasoline.
Importation of fuel is possible in the standard fuel tank of the vehicle; a portable fuel tank - not more than 10 liters per vehicle.
3. Other.
- Without veterinary border controls for their own consumption are allowed to import and send by e-mail: up to 2 kg of the following products of animal origin
- honey, eggs;
- live oysters, live mussels and snails.
- Without veterinary border controls for their own consumption are allowed to import and send by e-mail: up to 2 kg of the following products of animal origin:
- Royal jelly, propolis;
- Milk powder for infants, baby food;
- A special health food;
- Pet food in the corresponding patented packaging, which contains the information about the special use of the manufacturer.
- Without veterinary border controls for their own consumption are allowed to import and send by e-mail: up to 2 kg of the following products of animal origin:
- Up to 20 kg of fishing products (except for sturgeon caviar - up to 125 g according to the markings on the package);
- Fresh (required - gutted (also the one that the whole import), dried, heat-treated, salted, smoked fish or canned fish.
- Without veterinary border controls for their own consumption are allowed to import and send by e-mail: up to 2 kg of the following products of animal origin:
- Various crustaceans, such as shrimp, lobster.
- Up to 10 kg (and get in postal parcels up to 1 kg) of food products, such as bread, cakes, biscuits, chocolate and confectionery (including sweets), as part of which there is no meat products or in which there is no stuffing meat products;
- Pasta and noodles, which are not mixed or filled with meat products;
- Without veterinary border controls for their own consumption are allowed to import and send by e-mail: up to 2 kg of the following products of animal origin:
- Broth and seasonings in packaging, meat extracts and concentrates;
- Olives stuffed with fish;
- Food additives in the package;
- Any other food products, which have a composition of fresh or processed meat or dairy products, in which structure at least 50% of the treated eggs or fish products.
If the rules are not complied with, the customs officer will confiscate them, and they will unichtozheny.
For violation of the requirements for the import of products of animal origin administrative responsibility, and in case of repeated offense - a fine.
On importation into the European Union of large volumes of goods than indicated above, at the border crossing and goods must be declared for excess volume of goods to pay the excise tax.
For more information on this subject can be obtained from the Sanitary Border Inspection of the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia by phone +371 6702-72-82.
4. Customs duty. At the entrance is necessary to consider that the payment of customs duty is not levied if the goods for personal use, own use or gifts shall not exceed:210 lats (300 euros) - if the traveler enters on land; 300 lats (420 euros) - if the traveler enters by air or sea, children under the age of 15 years, regardless of the method of entry is allowed to import goods for personal use in the amount of not more than 200 lats.
- The total price does not include:
- the cost of personal baggage, imported at a time traveler or imported back after temporary export;
- the cost of medicines needed for the personal needs of the traveler;
- tobacco, alcohol and fuel imported in the personal luggage, subject to certain limited amount.
- In personal luggage for personal consumption in Latvia, forbidden to bring:
- Meat and meat products (bacon, fresh or processed meat, including poultry meat, animal fat, sausages of various kinds, canned meat,
- pastry stuffed with meat or containing meat - pasta, sauces, soups and others.
- milk and dairy products (yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese, butter, condensed milk, ice cream, etc.)
- pet food, which included eating meat or milk (pet food, dog chew toys, a mixture of wholemeal) .Product food that is forbidden to import into the European Union for personal use, is also prohibited to send the mail.