Hi,
Can anyone advise where the best place is to stock up on cheap cigarettes, planning to pop accross the channel, we usually go to Adinkereke in Belgium but wondered if there was anywhere else within driving distance that is cheaper?
Allisonvarna
You do realise that there is a limit for importing cigs from Belgium to France which is less than you can bring to UK.
Have a look at Daytripper web site for up-to-date info.
Patka
And yes, friends living in France have been warned that if the police find more than 400 imported cigs in your car they can confiscate them! So much for the free market.
The cost of tobacco in Europe is going up and up
the cheapest place we know of is Le Perthus / La Jonquera on the French Spanish border in Catalonia
Now this is a 2 day drive from the UK so it ends up being part of a touring holiday
The ferries therefore are actually as cheap as anywhere else soon it is going to be cheaper to go to Morrisons
BTW I had to stop smoking for medical reasons but it doesn't stop me looking at prices
I went to the airport at perpignan and asked how many cigarettes i can take to the UK none of the customs officers were sure.In the past i have taken 16 cartons to the UK from france and spain with no problems has there been a change of policy.
sad pete
But you were importing cigarettes INTO France, not to the UK. I do know that the limit from Belgium to France is much less than you can import from France to UK.
When he went before he went to Valencia, out with ryanair and back with easyjet. Takes up best part of a day but the savings are worth it.
According to the British Foreign Office website French regulations currently allow a maximum of one thousand cigarettes or one kilogram of tobacco to be imported from another EU member country to France. I would interpret these limits as per person.
Remember to save your receipts or the tax man will get ya!
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luci
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luci
the very bestplace to find ya cigs is not begium or france, france is same price as UK and belgium not much cheaper, the cheapest place i use is Amsterdam or netherlands in general, other than that u need to head for the cannel islands or canaries etc, mainland europe is similar prices all over, a bit cheaper on the exchange rate but not at the moment.
Much of this is incorrect information. I know from experience that France is still cheaper than the UK, and Belgium even cheaper. THIS is a most useful website for comparing the price of 20 cigarettes in the Most Popular Price Category (MPPC) -
UK £5.66
France £4.19
Netherlands £3.66
Belgium £3.29
The Netherlands are more expensive than Belgium, and over the rest of mainland 'old Europe', (not the recent entries), prices vary from £3.97 in Sweden to £1.90 in Spain.
Peter
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