Alcohol and tobacco quotas to Norway

Alcohol and tobacco quota

In Norway, we have a quota on alcohol and tobacco. This means there is a limited amount of these products that can be brought into the country without paying high import taxes.

Quota without spirits

3 liters of wine (4 bottles) + 2 liters of beer / cider (6 x 0.33 l) + 100 cigarettes or 125 grams of tobacco products, and 100 sheets of cigarette paper

Wine 2.5% to 22% alcohol

Beer up to 4.7% alcohol

Tobacco or snuff

Quota with spirits

1 liter of spirits + 1.5 liters of wine (2 bottles) + 2 liters of beer / cider (6 x 0.33 l) + 100 cigarettes or 125 grams of tobacco products, and 100 sheets of cigarette paper

Spirits over 22% alcohol

Wine 2.5% to 22% alcohol

Beer up to 4.7% alcohol

Tobacco or snuff

Quota consisting of only beer and tobacco

5 liters of beer / cider (15 x 0.33 l) + 100 cigarettes or 125 grams of tobacco products, and 100 sheets of cigarette paper

Up to 4.7% alcohol

Tobacco or snuff

What is the value limit?

If you have been outside Norway for more than 24 hours, you can bring cosmetics and sweets for up to NOK 6,000 without paying duties and taxes. This value limit is the total amount of goods you have purchased, including quota goods. Alcohol and tobacco products are excluded from the quota limit of NOK 6,000. For stays abroad of less than 24 hours, you can bring in alcohol and tobacco goods worth up to NOK 3,000 duty- and tax-free once in a 24-hour period if you can prove that you have paid tax in an EEA country. Thus, you cannot buy taxable goods tax-free.

Download the Quota App

With the Quota App for the customs service, you can calculate the quota. You can also quickly and easily clear alcohol and tobacco if you need to. Note that Travel Retail Norway, through the Tax-Free grant, can only sell you what the quota allows from the Tax-Free stores.

Download the Quota App

Exchange rules for alcohol

The spirits quota can be exchanged for 1.5 liters of wine or beer/wine, while the wine quota can be exchanged for beer/wine by the liter. Wine and beer/cider cannot be exchanged for stronger beverages.

Exchange rules for tobacco

New quotas from January 1st 2022
– you can no longer exchange tobacco for wine or beer/cider.

Buy more than the quota

In general, as a traveler, you can buy more than the quota, but then these goods must be cleared through customs. Read more at toll.no.
Exceeding the quota amount
Note that due to our license, Tax Free Norway can only sell what the quota allows in our tax-free stores.

Max 60 percent

The import of beverages with an alcohol content exceeding 60% is prohibited.

Age limits

You must be aged at least 18 to bring beer, wine and tobacco products. You must be aged at least 20 to bring beverages over 22% alcohol.