Hi Suzie,
The limit is 200, as our thread on the subject shows (and as per my reply to you on another forum).
Baldur.
No its not correct, they may be allowing you to export more than 200 from Bulgaria but the restrictions on the amount you can bring in to UK remains 200.
Patka
Patka
Thanks Baldur and Patka
thought it best to be sure
thought it best to be sure
I dont get that at all.
How come then, you can take a trip to say Amsterdam or Calais and bring 2700 cigarettes back with you but you cant from Bulgaria even though both countries are in the EU?
How come then, you can take a trip to say Amsterdam or Calais and bring 2700 cigarettes back with you but you cant from Bulgaria even though both countries are in the EU?
Hi KeefG,
Because the EU has specifically permitted that the limit from many member states which have entered the EU from 2004 may be restricted and the UK, among others, has chosen to apply that limit - see HMRC Advice.
Information on the EU Special Rules can be found HERE.
In the case of Romania & Bulgaria, the limit may be retained until 31 December 2009.
(The HMRC *suggested* maximum amount of cigarettes from France, Holland, etc., is 3,200, rather than 2,700).
Baldur
Because the EU has specifically permitted that the limit from many member states which have entered the EU from 2004 may be restricted and the UK, among others, has chosen to apply that limit - see HMRC Advice.
Information on the EU Special Rules can be found HERE.
In the case of Romania & Bulgaria, the limit may be retained until 31 December 2009.
(The HMRC *suggested* maximum amount of cigarettes from France, Holland, etc., is 3,200, rather than 2,700).
Baldur
I don't normally link to another site because this one is the best there is, but misunderstandings about the importation of cigarettes from Bulgaria could get our members into a lot of trouble.
Have a look at this thread from elsewhere -
HERE
You will recognise some names, three of us do missionary work when we are not on here! There's another on the thread but he's under cover.
Never forget that for us in the UK nothing has changed in relation to cigarettes, no matter what anyone tells you, be they your Rep, someone at the airport, or another tourist.
Peter
Have a look at this thread from elsewhere -
HERE
You will recognise some names, three of us do missionary work when we are not on here! There's another on the thread but he's under cover.
Never forget that for us in the UK nothing has changed in relation to cigarettes, no matter what anyone tells you, be they your Rep, someone at the airport, or another tourist.
Peter
Hi, I was in Varna Airport only last wednesday, I was allowed into Duty Free Shop and then asked to produce flight ticket, I was politely told "You must not buy cigarettes, you can have one bottle of Spirits and as much perfume as you like. When I got back to Gatwick (British Airways flight) customs were waiting and some were having a field day with what people had bought in resorts. So be warned Remember a phone call from baggage security in Bulgaria to Customs in England takes just a few moments, which is plenty of time to put them on their defences here. Tonyt
Cheers Baldur....that clears that up then 
just back and bougas airport sold me 400 superkings and 2 bottles of smirnof for 146 leva, victory are an okay ciggy and only 2.60 leva, beware if anyone smokes golden virgina tobbaco, I tried to get some and what i got was more like st bruno rough cut lol but i got my 8 leva back, you cant get golden virgina over there not even at the aiport, oh and the airport???? 10 leva for 4 very small bottles of water which were 0.60 leva in the resort 
i think superkings in the resort were 47 leva for 200, but i stuck with the victory new blue 
hope this helps peeeeeeeeeeeps
manic
i think superkings in the resort were 47 leva for 200, but i stuck with the victory new blue hope this helps peeeeeeeeeeeps
manic
Things can vary between Burgas and Varna airports, and from day to day at either. Also the Bulgarians tend to make it up as they go along.
In relation to cigarettes, no matter what they will sell you in Bulgaria, H M Customs will only allow 200 per person into the UK.
Peter
In relation to cigarettes, no matter what they will sell you in Bulgaria, H M Customs will only allow 200 per person into the UK.
Peter
Hi got back from goldensands this morning. I will be posting a review tomorrow.
Anyway just to let you know I went to buy 200 hundred fags from manchester on our way out and we was refused!! You cant take any fags out with but on the good side you can bring 3200 each back into the country legally!!!! So i did.
Anyway just to let you know I went to buy 200 hundred fags from manchester on our way out and we was refused!! You cant take any fags out with but on the good side you can bring 3200 each back into the country legally!!!! So i did.
Hi, I really think you should be saying illegally, Read Custom's Literature.
Tonyt
Tonyt
No, you can't legally import 3200 cigarettes into the UK from Bulgaria. The limit is 200.
See HERE
Do so at your own risk. Whoever it was who told you that is wrong, and could have got you into serious trouble.
You are very lucky they were not seized in Bulgaria, because when I last looked you couldn't take more than 200 out of the country.
Peter
See HERE
Do so at your own risk. Whoever it was who told you that is wrong, and could have got you into serious trouble.
You are very lucky they were not seized in Bulgaria, because when I last looked you couldn't take more than 200 out of the country.
Peter
Peter
you got there with the link just before I did Thanks Tony and Peter for pointing out the duty free limits.
Nick- I don't know who told you you could take 3200 cigarettes but you were lucky! ( maybe best not to tell the OH what might have happened )
you got there with the link just before I did
Thanks Tony and Peter for pointing out the duty free limits. Nick- I don't know who told you you could take 3200 cigarettes but you were lucky! ( maybe best not to tell the OH what might have happened
)
im sorry but if you go to manchester airport and try to buy any on your way out they will tell you you cant and then they will tell you what you can bring back which they told me 3200. We was talking to a few other people on our flight and they also got told this! I carried 6400 because i used my other halfs limit through customs in duty free bags just yesterday.
Also when you buy anything at either end they scan your boarding pass and that brings your limits up on the screen to what you can buy!!
Manchester Airport Duty Free do not make the rules.
The limit is 200, the info they are giving out is WRONG.
Patka
The limit is 200, the info they are giving out is WRONG.
Patka
All I can say, is that you were a very lucky man, firstly you admit to having 3,200 cigs and then you break one of the strictest rules used by customs, in that you carried somebody else's purchases through. May I suggest you read up before travelling abroad again. I in my retirement do at least one trip a week as a courier from Dover and all rights nhave to be explained to passengers, anybody caught on the coach coming back with more than allowances and are detained for questioning are left behind and have to find their own way home. When I was in Varna in June I was not allowed into Cigarette area once the girl in shop saw my ticket. I will check again in Sept. Tonyt
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Edited by
Tonyt
2007-07-29 07:32:21
The link to HM Customs given above is temporarily not working, but there is another confirming the 200 limit on cigarettes HERE.
See under b) For travellers returning from one of the Member States that joined the EU on 1 January 2007
See also HANSARD.
Anyone who prefers to believe what they are told by the duty free shop in Manchester over that published by the EU Taxation and Customs Union, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and even Hansard, is free to do so, but can prove very expensive if caught smuggling.
Peter
See under b) For travellers returning from one of the Member States that joined the EU on 1 January 2007
See also HANSARD.
Anyone who prefers to believe what they are told by the duty free shop in Manchester over that published by the EU Taxation and Customs Union, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and even Hansard, is free to do so, but can prove very expensive if caught smuggling.
Peter
On a thread from another website the 200 cigarette limit is fully discussed, and the penultimate post from Claire is about seizures at Humberside Airport this June -
See HERE.
Note that if Customs Officers find over the 200 cigarette limit they will confiscate all, and also have the powers to seize any alcohol you have even if within the limit, and all those genuine counterfeit designer clothes etc you have spent your money on.
Plus heavy fines if they decide to prosecute.
We have a sticky on PASSPORT/VISA/DUTY FREE INFO/FOREIGN OFFICE ADVICE above, nothing has changed!
Peter
See HERE.
Note that if Customs Officers find over the 200 cigarette limit they will confiscate all, and also have the powers to seize any alcohol you have even if within the limit, and all those genuine counterfeit designer clothes etc you have spent your money on.
Plus heavy fines if they decide to prosecute.
We have a sticky on PASSPORT/VISA/DUTY FREE INFO/FOREIGN OFFICE ADVICE above, nothing has changed!
Peter
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