Customs at SchipholWhat can/cannot travel with you?

These items should never be packed in your baggage:

• Drugs such as hashish, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth or other narcotics

• Real or fake weapons, pepper spray, ammunition or explosives

• Protected or endangered animal and plant species, as well as any item(s) made from them. Examples include crocodile leather shoes or jewellery made of ivory.

Separate rules apply for the following items if you wish to bring them into the Netherlands:

• Medicines

• Counterfeit products

• Pets

• Meat, fish and dairy

• Vegetable, fruit, flowers and plants

• Ancient or antique items

• Large sums of cash

A maximum value of € 430 may be imported with you from countries outside the EU. Taxes will be due for items which exceed that amount. Cigarettes, tobacco or alcohol may also attract additional taxes if you exceed the permitted amount. The number of cigarettes or alcoholic beverages you can bring with you depends on whether you enter the Netherlands from the EU or beyond.

There are customs rules which govern what you are allowed to take with you, even when you exit the Netherlands. You are never permitted to take drugs, weapons, rare or endangered animal or plant species with you in your baggage. If you wish to take € 10,000 or more in cash out of the EU, you must also submit a Customs Declaration.

All countries have their own customs and import rules. Those rules usually include animal products, food items like vegetables and fruit, as well as plants and flowers.