Customs
Customs formalities are normally painless, though visitors arriving from Austria or Romania by road may get stuck in long queues at the border crossings. Visitors over the age of 16 are allowed 250 cigarettes (or 250g of tobacco or fifty cigars), two litres of wine and one litre of spirits as travel luggage. In addition there is a duty-free allowance of one litre of wine, one litre of spirits, five litres of beer, 500 cigarettes (or 100 cigars or 500g tobacco), and one kilo of coffee, tea and cocoa. Up to five kilos of food is allowed, but it may not contain raw meat. There is no import duty on personal effects such as bicycles, cameras, portable cassette recorders and TV sets, but items with a high resale value (like laptop computers and video cameras) are liable to customs duty and 25 percent VAT unless you can prove that they are for personal use. These customs regulations change fairly frequently, so it's worth checking the latest rules at a Hungarian consulate or tourist office before leaving home. You can export five kilos of foodstuffs which may include two kilos of processed meat products (for example, salami and canned meats). Duty-free export limits for tobacco and alcohol are the same as the import limits.
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