Can I send alcohol or tobacco to Bangladesh?
No.
Couriers refuse alcohol and tobacco. As travelers, Bangladeshi passport holders can't bring alcohol at all; foreign passport holders may bring 1 liter, and any traveler 200 cigarettes.
For every Onvoyo box: Onvoyo and most express couriers don't carry alcohol, tobacco or vaping products in personal boxes, whatever the destination allows.
More rules for Bangladesh
Allowed with conditions
- Alcohol
- Bangladeshi passport holders can't bring alcohol as baggage; foreign passport holders may bring 1 liter. Couriers generally refuse alcohol.
Quantity limits
- Duty-free items (travelers only)
- One each of listed items such as a laptop or desktop computer, printer, scanner, camera, microwave, rice cooker, sewing machine, fan, and a TV up to 29 inches; two used phones plus one new phone a year; and 200 cigarettes. Does not apply to courier shipments.
- Alcohol (travelers only)
- Foreign passport holders: 1 liter. Bangladeshi passport holders: none. Does not apply to shipments, which couriers refuse.
Before you ship to Bangladesh
- Tax-free limit
- Consignments worth Tk 2,000 (about $16) or less, counting the goods alone without freight and insurance, clear free of all duties and taxes if the duty and tax due would also be Tk 2,000 or less. The relief doesn't cover goods declared as having no commercial value, restricted goods, or anything commercial. There is no separate duty-free allowance for gifts or used personal effects sent by courier: above the de minimis they pay normal duties and taxes.
- Receiver ID
- National Identity Card (NID) or passport needed. For gift and low-value (de minimis) consignments to a private person, the courier must file a copy of the receiver's National ID card or passport with customs. Businesses give their VAT registration number or a customs-issued Consignee Identification Number (CIN). Other personal boxes are also declared in the receiver's name, so have the NID or passport copy ready before you ship.
- Transit
- 3-5 business days from the Gulf, the UK, and Europe; 4-7 from North America and Australia
Questions
Can I send alcohol or tobacco to Bangladesh?
No. Couriers refuse alcohol and tobacco. As travelers, Bangladeshi passport holders can't bring alcohol at all; foreign passport holders may bring 1 liter, and any traveler 200 cigarettes.
Ask about a specific item
Official sources
- 1.
Bangladesh Customs, National Board of Revenue
Tariff 2026-2027 (11-06-2026): operative tariff with CD, SD, VAT, AIT, RD, AT and TTI (opens in a new tab) - 2.
National Board of Revenue (Bangladesh Gazette, June 3, 2025)
অপর্যটক যাত্রী ব্যাগেজ বিধিমালা, ২০২৫ (Non-Tourist Passenger Baggage Rules, 2025), S.R.O. No. 261-Law/2025/71/Customs (opens in a new tab) - 3.
National Board of Revenue, via the Bangladesh Customs Import Export Hub
এক্সপ্রেস পদ্ধতির আওতাভুক্ত পণ্যচালান দ্রুত খালাসকরণ বিধিমালা, ২০২৪ (Expedited Shipment Rules, 2024), S.R.O. No. 207-Law/2024/59/Customs (opens in a new tab) - 4.
Government of Bangladesh, via the Bangladesh Customs Import Export Hub
Plant Quarantine Act, 2011 (Act No. V of 2011), English text (opens in a new tab) - 5.
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Laws of Bangladesh
ঔষধ ও কসমেটিকস্ আইন, ২০২৩ (Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2023) (opens in a new tab) - 6.
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Laws of Bangladesh
The Antiquities Act, 1968 (opens in a new tab) - 7.
Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Gazette, August 24, 2026)
আমদানি নীতি আদেশ ২০২৬-২০২৯ (Import Policy Order 2026-2029) (opens in a new tab) - 8.
National Board of Revenue, via the Bangladesh Customs Import Export Hub
কাস্টমস (ডি মিনিমিস) বিধিমালা, ২০১৯ (Customs (De minimis) Rules, 2019), S.R.O. No. 297-Law/2019/46/Customs (opens in a new tab) - 9.
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh)
Customs (opens in a new tab) - 10.
Bangladesh Customs, National Board of Revenue
Transfer of Residence Baggage (Import) Rules, 2000 (S.R.O. No. 165-Law/2000/1846/Cus.) (opens in a new tab)
General guidance, not legal advice. Customs in Bangladesh makes the final decision on every box.