Resolution N° 6125 of the National Customs Service entered into force yesterday, a regulation that establishes the new  list of goods that are included within the concept of international traveller s baggage.

This new regulation is updated through technological developments, including new articles that today are part of the travellers daily life such as mobile telephones, sound and image reproducers, digital photographic cameras and personal portable computers, among others. 

Thus, traveller s baggage covers the following goods:

a)     New or used goods carried by a traveller either for personal use or as gifts, excluding those goods which are intended for sale, either because of value or quantity.

b)     Used goods exclusively carried for the practice of a profession or trade.

c)     For people over the age 18, a quantity not exceeding 400 units of cigarettes; 500 g of pipe tobacco; 50 units of cigars and 2,500 cubic centimetres of alcoholic beverages.  

d)     A portable video camera and accessories thereof.

e)     Mobile phone (cellular type phone) or others

 f)       A portable photographic camera, whether digital or not, and accessories thereof  

g)     A portable sound and image recorder and reproducer, whether or not combined (mp3, mp4 o similar), together with its set of portable headphones and accessories   

h)     A portable and digital sound reproducer or portable reproducer of compact discs (CD) and /or DVD s or similar, together with its set of headphones and accessories 

i)      A portable personal computer   

j)       Sports articles for personal use

k)      Medicines for personal use or for the use of direct relatives, in appropriate quantities and must be accompanied by the respective medical prescription. Over-the country medicines shall be carried in quantities necessary only for the traveller s personal use.

l)        Gifts not exceeding US$ 300 FOB, or its equivalent in any other currency, per each traveller over the age of 14.   This is an individual exemption not accruable with that of other travellers.

m)   Books and brochures issued in paperback and in simple binding as well as newspapers, magazines and printed musical compositions, except those printed in luxury editions

n)     Binoculars for personal use.

ñ)     All that used or new goods for personal use and necessary for the trip, which were not mentioned above.