Can I send alcohol or tobacco to Italy?
Not allowed
No.
Don't pack them. Couriers generally refuse them, and they're excluded from moving relief.
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 Italy
Allowed with conditions
- Alcohol and tobacco
- Excluded from moving relief. Only small amounts count toward the €45 gift relief, and couriers generally refuse them.
Quantity limits
- Tobacco in a gift box
- Within the €45 gift relief: 50 cigarettes, 25 cigarillos, 10 cigars, or 50 g of smoking tobacco. Couriers generally refuse tobacco.
- Alcohol in a gift box
- Within the €45 gift relief: 1 liter of spirits over 22%, or 1 liter of drinks up to 22% or sparkling wine, plus 2 liters of still wine. Couriers generally refuse alcohol.
- Tobacco and alcohol (travelers only)
- Travelers 17 and over arriving from outside the EU: 200 cigarettes (or 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars, or 250 g of tobacco), plus 1 liter of spirits or 2 liters of drinks up to 22%, 4 liters of still wine, and 16 liters of beer. Does not apply to shipments.
Before you ship to Italy
- Tax-free limit
- If you're sending from inside the EU, there is no customs clearance and nothing to pay. From outside the EU (including the UK), IVA is due from the first euro: Italy's old €22 IVA exemption for small parcels ended in 2021. The EU's €150 duty relief ended on July 1, 2026, so duty can now apply at any value. An occasional gift from one private person to another worth up to €45 (about $53) in total is still free of both duty and IVA. Online purchases up to €150 pay a flat €3 (about $3.50) duty for each type of item until July 1, 2028. From December 1, 2026, Italy is also set to charge a €2 (about $2.30) administrative fee on every box from outside the EU worth up to €150, gifts included.
- Receiver ID
- No official page says a private receiver must have one for an ordinary box. The courier may still ask for the receiver's codice fiscale (Italy's 16-character tax code) to file the customs declaration, and ADM's moving-relief form F-01 asks for it, so have it ready. Foreign nationals can get one from the Agenzia delle Entrate, or through an Italian consulate abroad.
- Transit
- 2-4 business days within the EU; 3-6 from the UK or North America; 4-8 from Asia
Questions
Can I send alcohol or tobacco to Italy?
No. Don't pack them. Couriers generally refuse them, and they're excluded from moving relief.
Ask about a specific item
Official sources
- 1.
Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM)
FAQ - Le risposte alle domande più frequenti sulla materia doganale (opens in a new tab) - 2.
Normattiva (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato)
Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 26 ottobre 1972, n. 633: Istituzione e disciplina dell'imposta sul valore aggiunto (opens in a new tab) - 3.
Ministero della Sanità (text published by the Ministero dell'Interno, Direzione Centrale per i Servizi Antidroga)
D.M. 11 febbraio 1997: Modalità di importazione di specialità medicinali registrate all'estero (opens in a new tab) - 4.
Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM)
Carta doganale del viaggiatore (luglio 2025) (opens in a new tab) - 5.
Normattiva (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato)
Decreto legislativo 22 gennaio 2004, n. 42: Codice dei beni culturali e del paesaggio (art. 65, Uscita definitiva, and Allegato A) (opens in a new tab) - 6.
General guidance, not legal advice. Customs in Italy makes the final decision on every box.