Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Crypto Hardware Wallet → France
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-04-25
No specific import restrictions for personal crypto hardware wallet
Details
Hardware wallets are legal consumer electronics in virtually all countries and are not themselves subject to special customs restrictions. Cryptocurrency stored on a hardware wallet is not physical currency and generally does not trigger cash declaration requirements. China's prohibition on cryptocu
Quantity limit
Personal use
Practical advice
Personal-use cryptocurrency hardware wallets clear Douane as routine consumer electronics — no declaration required. Custody of fiat-equivalent crypto value above the local cash-declaration threshold is unsettled in most jurisdictions; carry the wallet but be ready to produce purchase receipts if pressed.
Customs authority
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects (DGDDI — French Customs) · https://www.douane.gouv.fr