According to customs regulations, the liver of what you can bring into the UAE on an airplane without a written declaration includes:
- Personal items
- Gifts totaling no more than 3000 AED
- No more than 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 500g of tobacco
- Cash not exceeding 40,000 AED
- Portable audio equipment
- Video cameras
- Mobile phones
- Sports equipment
The list of how much alcohol you can bring into the UAE includes:
- No more than 4l of alcoholic beverages or 2 blocks of beer in Dubai
- No more than 2 liters of alcoholic beverages in Abu Dhabi
The list of how much alcohol you can take out of the UAE is not regulated by local law.
The list of things you are not allowed to bring into the UAE includes:
- Narcotic drugs
- Goods from countries that are under boycott
- Unprocessed ivory and rhino horn
- Gambling machines
- Three-layer fishing nets
- Radioactive items
- Original cultural property
- Printed publications that offend Muslims
- Homemade food
- Counterfeit money
The UAE customs is organized on the principle of green and red corridor. If a tourist does not have with him goods subject to mandatory declaration, he passes through the green corridor. Otherwise, he is obliged to fill out a declaration in the red corridor. Depending on the Emirate, customs rules may vary slightly.
