• articles for personal use, including goods the value of which does not exceed the below indicated;
• means of transport for personal use;
• audio, video and data carriers, public information materials, professional equipment.

In other cases, a traveller coming to the Republic of Lithuania from the third countries may bring free of import duties and taxes:

• private property in case a traveller changes his permanent residence and moves to Lithuania from a third country;
• dot, new and used domestic appliances that belong to it, if a person moves from a third country to settle permanently in Lithuania in case of marriage; also wedding presents with the value under 1000 EUR, received from persons residing in a third country;
• articles for non-commercial purposes carried as personal baggage (being brought irregularly and intended for personal use of travellers or their family members or to be given as presents), if their aggregate value (except restricted articles indicated below) does not exceed:

o            1480 Litas, if a traveller arrives by air or sea transport;

o            510 Litas, if the articles are brought by a traveller under 15 years of age; members of the crew of vehicles travelling on regular international routs to or from the third countries; persons working and (or) residing in state border area neighbouring a third country*;

o            1030 Litas, if the articles are brought by other persons.

* – border area neighbouring a third country is a 15 km wide land zone from the borderline of the Republic of Lithuania with a third country. Municipalities whose territories fall into this zone are also considered to be a part of the border area neighbouring a third country.

RESTRICTED ITEMS

One person over 17 years of age may import free of import duties and taxes:

TOBACCO PRODUCTS

	Travellers arriving by air transport	Travellers arriving by other transport**
Cigarettes	200 units, or	40 units, or
Cigarillos (cigars of a maximum weight of 3 grams each)	100 units, or	20 units, or
Cigars	50 units, or	10 units, or
Smoking tobacco	250 g	50 g

** – travellers arriving by other than air transport; persons using an aircraft or a sea vessel for personal needs; members of the crew of vehicles travelling on regular international routs to or from the third countries; persons working and (or) residing in state border area neighbouring a third country;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

	Travellers arriving by all types of transport	Crew members, frontier workers and residents***
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher	1 litre; or	0,5 litre, or
Ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 22 %	1 litre, or	0,5 litre, or
Ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 22 %	2 litres	0,75 litre
Still wines	4 litres	0,75 litre
Bear	16 litres	4 litres

*** – members of the crew of vehicles travelling on regular international routs to or from the third countries; persons working and (or) residing in state border area neighbouring a third country.

When calculating non-taxable value or determining non-taxable quantity, the value or quantity of one product shall not be decomposed, i.e. the whole product, due to which the indicated limit, value or quantity is exceeded, shall be subject to taxes.

ENGINE FUEL

Import duties and taxes are not imposed on the imported engine fuel and lubricants held in the stationary fuel and lubricant tanks of private road vehicle in which a person is travelling. A person may also bring not more than 10 litres of engine fuel in portable can per one road vehicle.

DUTIES AND TAXES

When bringing in higher quantities of goods, customs duties, excise duties and value-added-tax shall be paid.

If the value of goods subject to customs duties and carried as personal baggage for non-commercial purposes does not exceed 700 EUR, customs duties are assessed by applying the standard duty rate of 2,5 percent. In case this value is exceeded, customs duties are assessed referring to the customs tariff.

The standard duty rate shall not apply to tobacco products and alcoholic beverages as well as in the cases where, before assessing customs duties, a traveller requests the customs authorities to apply customs duties set out in the customs tariff.

More information regarding the carriage of goods is available on the web page of the Lithuanian Customs at the address: www.cust.lt.

FOOD PRODUCTS

       Travellers are PROHIBITED from importing from the third countries to the European Union in the personal baggage meat and dairy products. However, small amounts of the said products are allowed to be imported for personal use from Andorra, Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland.

Travellers are ALLOWED to import a limited amount of dry baby milk, baby food as well as food for medical purposes if:

• it requires no freezing before use;
• it comprises packaged products bearing a trade mark and intended to be sold directly to an end user;
• their package is not broken, unless they are currently used.

A traveller is permitted to import meat and dairy products for personal use via the approved veterinary border inspection posts of the EU only if he/she:

·         has the necessary documents received from the state veterinary service of the country he/she has departed from;

·         declares all such articles and provides the relevant documents to the veterinary control upon arrival at the veterinary border inspection post.

If a traveller fails to observe the above rules, food products will be confiscated and destroyed upon arrival to the border of the European Union. If the traveller fails to declare that he carries such products, he/she may be subjected to penalty or prosecuted.

More information regarding the carriage of food products is available on the web page of the State Food and Veterinary Service at the address: www.vmvt.lt

PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER OBJECTS

A natural person is permitted to bring into the Republic of Lithuania without phytosanitary documents for private needs (consumption) not more than:

- 100 packs, but not exceeding the amount of 500 g of seeds;

- 500 g of bulbs, corms and tubers;

- 20 kg of vegetables and fruits;

- 50 pcs. of cut flowers;

- 10 pcs. of pot flowers;

- 50 pcs. of reproductive material (seedlings);

- 2 pcs. of packs, but not exceeding the amount of 50 l of growing substrates;

- 100 kg of cereals.

More information on the requirements applied to importation from the third countries of plants and plant products is provided in the rules for phytosanitary control of plants, plant products and other objects imported into and carried in transit through the Republic of Lithuania and territory of the European Community, approved by the Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania No. 3D-171/1K-080, March 25, 2005.

More information regarding the carriage of plants and plant products is available on the web page of the State Plant Protection Service at the address: www.vaat.lt.