If you are a heavy smokers and intend to go abroad and visit some of Asian countries, you’d better got the information about Customs Regulations among tobacco products . Some countries apply very strict rules about smoking and importing tobacco products. As you take a wrong way among these regulations, you’ll be fined and got lost much of your vacation money. The regulations stated above is for individual travelers who brings the products by hand-carried and luggage, arrived on international airport, port and crossing borders.
Malaysia
Cigarettes : maximum 200 sticks
Tobacco products : maximum 225 grams
Indonesia
cigarettes : maximum 200 sticks
Thailand
Cigarettes : maximum 200 sticks
India
Cigarettes : maximum 200 sticks
Cigars : maximum 50
Tobacco products : maximum 250 grams.
Philippines
Travellers must be 18 years of age and over, duty free allowance only once per year per passenger:
Cigarettes : maximum 400 sticks
Cigars : maximum 50
Tobacco products : maximum 250 grams
Brunei Darussalam
Travelers who bring these item must be aged over 17 years :
Cigarettes : maximum 200 sticks
Tobacco products : maximum 250 grams
Japan
Cigarettes : max 400
Cigars : max 100 cigars
Tobacco products : max 500 grams
Hongkong
Cigarettes : 60 sticks
Cigars : 15
Tobacco products : 75 grams
Travelers from China are limited to carrying 3 packets of 20 cigarettes
Singapore:
Refer to Singapore Customs Law, cigars, cigarettes and tobacco products considered dutiable goods. Any amount of these products that you carry must be declared on the Red Channel and will be charged of duty. If you take the Green Channel and than being caught by Customs Officer, you will have to pay fine (which will be extremely more expensive than the duty).
