How many Cuban cigars can I bring back from Cuba?

Into the EU, fifty — and that fifty is instead of, not on top of, your cigarette allowance. Into the UK, fifty as well. Into Switzerland, up to 250 units of tobacco all told. Into Norway there is no cigar count at all: 250 grams of tobacco, which is about twenty robustos. Leaving Cuba is a separate question — twenty loose cigars need nothing, fifty need sealed boxes, more than fifty needs an invoice from a state shop.

Can I bring cigars from Germany to Sweden?

Yes, as many as are plainly for you. Inside the EU, duty has already been paid where you bought them and there is no legal cap for personal use; 200 cigars is the indicative level above which customs may ask what they're for. Finland is the one to watch — its customs quote fifty.

What happens if I'm over?

You declare, and you pay. In the UK that means duty on the whole quantity, not just the excess — a habit worth knowing before you buy the fifty-first. Norway lets you settle at a flat NOK 388 per 100 grams in the customs app. Elsewhere it's the destination's excise plus its VAT. Not declaring risks losing the cigars as well as paying.

Does duty-free at the airport count?

Yes. Cigars bought airside on the way home still come out of your allowance when you land. The shop sells them to you tax-free; your own customs decide whether you owe anything on arrival.

Tools · allowance

Traveller's allowance — how many you can carry home.

Five customs regimes · checked 11 September 2026

A robusto weighs about 12 g. Norway counts grams, so the answer there is a weight.

Verdict

Every regime, side by side

Arriving in	From outside	From the EU	Age
The EU (most countries)	50 cigars50 cigars, OR 100 cigarillos, OR 200 cigarettes, OR 250 g of other tobacco — or a proportional mix of them. Not one of each.	200 — indicativeComing from another EU country with duty already paid there is no legal limit for your own…	17
Finland	50 cigarsThe standard EU choice: 50 cigars, or 100 cigarillos, or 200 cigarettes, or 250 g.	50 — indicativeFinnish customs give 50 cigars as their reference figure for personal use even from inside…	18
United Kingdom	50 cigars50 cigars, or 100 cigarillos, or 200 cigarettes, or 250 g — or a proportional mix. The same whether you're arriving from the EU or anywhere else, and the same by air, rail or sea.	n/aThere is no separate intra-EU allowance any more. Arrivals from the EU use the allowance a…	17
Switzerland	250 cigarsOne combined allowance of 250 units or grams across all tobacco — so 250 cigars only if you carry nothing else. Per person, per day.	n/aSwitzerland is outside the EU customs union, so every arrival — including from an EU count…	17
Norway	250 g of tobacco250 g of tobacco other than cigarettes — cigars are weighed, not counted. A robusto is around 12 g, so roughly twenty cigars.	n/aNorway is outside the EU; every arrival uses the quota above, and it is a real cap, not a …	18

Leaving Cuba

Up to 20 loose cigars	Nothing. No box, no receipt.
Up to 50 cigars	In their original sealed boxes with the holographic warranty seal. No receipt needed.
More than 50	An official invoice from an authorised Habanos shop — a state cigar shop, not a doorman — with the cigars in sealed, sealed-seal boxes. With the paperwork there is no stated ceiling.

Cigars bought in pesos from an ordinary Cuban shop aren't part of this — the rules cover the Habanos export brands. Raw leaf may not be exported at all. Since 2024 every traveller also files the D'Viajeros declaration online within 48 hours of the flight and shows its QR code at the airport; what you're carrying is meant to be on it. Get it wrong and customs confiscate. Cuban customs publish little in English; this is the best-sourced reading we have — Habanos S.A. — Cuban customs resolution — and worth confirming with the shop when you buy.

Questions

How many Cuban cigars can I bring back from Cuba?
Into the EU, fifty — and that fifty is instead of, not on top of, your cigarette allowance. Into the UK, fifty as well. Into Switzerland, up to 250 units of tobacco all told. Into Norway there is no cigar count at all: 250 grams of tobacco, which is about twenty robustos. Leaving Cuba is a separate question — twenty loose cigars need nothing, fifty need sealed boxes, more than fifty needs an invoice from a state shop.
Can I bring cigars from Germany to Sweden?
Yes, as many as are plainly for you. Inside the EU, duty has already been paid where you bought them and there is no legal cap for personal use; 200 cigars is the indicative level above which customs may ask what they're for. Finland is the one to watch — its customs quote fifty.
What happens if I'm over?
You declare, and you pay. In the UK that means duty on the whole quantity, not just the excess — a habit worth knowing before you buy the fifty-first. Norway lets you settle at a flat NOK 388 per 100 grams in the customs app. Elsewhere it's the destination's excise plus its VAT. Not declaring risks losing the cigars as well as paying.
Does duty-free at the airport count?
Yes. Cigars bought airside on the way home still come out of your allowance when you land. The shop sells them to you tax-free; your own customs decide whether you owe anything on arrival.