Cash / Currency 🇧🇷 Brazil
BRL 10,000 or equivalent must be declared
Can I bring Cash / Currency into Brazil?
BRL 10,000 or equivalent must be declared
BRL 10,000 or equivalent
- e-DBV electronic declaration
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Brazil requires declaration of cash and monetary instruments exceeding BRL 10,000 (approximately USD 2,000) or equivalent in foreign currency when entering or leaving. The Receita Federal enforces this at all ports of entry. Brazil has strict capital controls. Enforcement in Brazil carries fines from BRL 500 to BRL 50,000 under Decreto-Lei 37/1966; Regulamento Aduaneiro (Decreto 6.759/2009); Código Penal Art. 334 (ordinary personal cases are handled as civil infringements). Leaving Brazil with cash / currency is a separate question — restricted: Brazil requires electronic Declaração de Porte de Valores (e-DBV) for cash over BRL 10,000 equivalent on departure. Failure to declare results in confiscation plus 150% fine.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 500–50000 BRL
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Brazil with cash / currency
Under BACEN Resolution 4,748 and RFB Normative Instruction 1,059, travellers must file an e-DBV (electronic Declaração de Porte de Valores) before departure for BRL 10,000 or more (or USD equivalent). The e-DBV is submitted online via the Receita Federal portal. Undeclared amounts above the threshold are confiscated plus a fine of 150% of the undeclared sum. Outbound wire transfers above USD 10,000 require PCE (Programa de Câmbio Estrangeiro) reporting via an authorised bank.
Values at or above this threshold must be declared (BRL).
Declare above BRL 10,000. Use the electronic DBV declaration system. Brazil's capital controls are strict.
BRL 10,000 or equivalent
- e-DBV electronic declaration
IN RFB 1059, Anti-Money Laundering Law
This page covers destination customs rules in Brazil. Whether you can carry cash / currency through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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