Practicalities
Customs and cash in Seychelles
Seychelles customs and cash rules in short: 2 litres of spirits plus 2 litres of wine or beer, 200 cigarettes or 250 grams of tobacco — duty-free for personal use, not for resale.
- Duty-free alcohol
- 2 L spirits (>16%) + 2 L wine/beer (≤16%)
- Duty-free tobacco
- 200 cigarettes or 250 g tobacco
- Must be declared from
- ≈ SCR 50.000 (≈ 3.500 USD)
- Local currency, in/out
- SCR 2.000
Cash or equivalent payment instruments worth SCR 50,000 or more (roughly USD 3,500) must be declared on arrival — at the red channel, with proof of where the money came from. Local currency itself carries an import/export limit of SCR 2,000. Prohibited items include weapons and ammunition, products from protected species such as coral or tortoiseshell, narcotics, counterfeit currency and left-hand-drive vehicles. Personal items beyond alcohol and tobacco carry a further duty-free value limit; ask us or the Seychelles Revenue Commission directly for the current figure, since sources disagree on the exact number.
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