Bermuda Duty Free Shopping & Allowances

Bermuda Duty Free Shopping & Allowances

Duty free shops are available only in Bermuda International Airport. You won't get duty free items off the shelf in any other Bermuda shop.

Unfortunately there are yet no duty free ports in Bermuda for cruise ship passengers. You can however buy cartons of liquor bottles from a shop for direct delivery to the cruise ship at the time of your departure.

But, note that the cruise line may not hand-over the bottles to you till you reach your home port.

I don't think there is any such generous cruise line that allows you to enjoy your own drink while on board, that too duty free. The only exceptions may be for a bottle of wine for which you generally need to pay a corkage charge to the cruise line.

So how much of duty free allowances do you get to take back goods back home. The answer really depends on your home country. Bermuda doesn't stop you from buying anything and in any quantity. In fact, you can take back whatever quantity you want, but will not get the duty free allowances or exemptions beyond a limit.

Actually in most of the countries, the import duty on the excess items is quite reasonable. But unfortunately for Bermudians themselves, that's not the case. Bermuda charges some 30% import duty on the excess goods that are brought back to the island from other countries by the Bermuda citizens.

In Bermuda, other than liquor and tobacco, you will get many other duty free shopping items that includes antiques (over 100 years old), prints, maps, coins, stamps and such.

Here are the duty free allowances or exemptions by country:

Bermuda duty free allowances for US visitors

US Customs and Border Protection has a pre-clearance facility at the Bermuda International Airport. Before departure, you will need to fill out written declaration forms in Bermuda before clearing US Customs and Border Protection. These forms are available at travel agencies and airlines in Bermuda.

US Citizens’ duty free allowance is $800 after 48 hours of stay in Bermuda. Additionally, you can send home gifts under $50 every 24 hours to people other than to yourself, duty free.

Check the website www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel for details and updates.

Bermuda duty free allowances for Canadian visitors

$50 after 24 hours of stay in Bermuda, $400 if you have stayed for over 48 hours and $750 after 7 days of stay in Bermuda. Check the website www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca for details and updates.

Bermuda duty free allowances for UK visitors

Bermuda is not a EU country. The limit for duty free allowances for British citizens is £290. Check the website www.hmrc.gov.uk for details and updates.

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