Taking tobacco cigarettes out of Laos

Details

Cigarettes and tobacco for personal consumption are freely exportable from Laos — excise is origin-paid at retail and no export formality applies to personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance, typically 200 cigarettes (one carton) or 250 g of tobacco, above which arrival duty and in some countries steep penalties apply. Carrying obviously above-allowance quantities can also draw origin-side questioning about undeclared commercial export.

Quantity limits

Personal-use quantities; destination allowance typically 200 cigarettes

The other direction

Sources

• laocustoms.laopdr.gov.la
• laohealth.laopdr.gov.la