Can I send cosmetics to Portugal?
Yes, with conditions.
Personal toiletries in normal amounts. A gift can include up to 50 g of perfume or 0.25 liters of toilet water within the €45 limit. Couriers refuse aerosols and nail polish.
For every Onvoyo box: No aerosols, perfume, nail polish or other flammable liquids. Keep liquids sealed and bagged.
More rules for Portugal
Quantity limits
- Gifts between private individuals
- Up to €45 (about $51) per box: no duty and no IVA, if occasional, unpaid, and for personal use. Within that: 50 cigarettes, 25 cigarillos, 10 cigars, or 50 g of tobacco; 1 liter of spirits or of drinks up to 22%; 2 liters of still wine; 50 g of perfume or 0.25 liters of toilet water.
Before you ship to Portugal
- Tax-free limit
- Boxes from other EU countries clear no customs and owe nothing on arrival. From outside the EU (including the UK), IVA is due from the first euro unless a relief applies. Occasional, unpaid gifts from one private person to another worth up to €45 (about $51) are free of duty and IVA. Since July 1, 2026, the EU's €150 (about $171) duty relief no longer exists. Low-value online purchases now pay a flat €3 duty per item, and other boxes that no relief covers can owe duty: a flat 2.5% for non-commercial boxes between private persons worth up to €700 (about $800), or each item's normal tariff rate.
- Receiver ID
- NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal) needed. Customs declarations must identify the receiver. AT's simplified declaration for gifts makes the receiver's ID number mandatory and accepts an EU customs (EORI) number, a non-EU ID number recognized by the EU, or another personal ID number. Give the NIF if the receiver has one; Portuguese consulates can assign one to people still abroad. If the receiver has none, ask the courier before shipping whether a passport number will do.
- Transit
- 2-4 business days from Europe; 3-5 from North America; 4-7 from Asia
Questions
Can I send cosmetics to Portugal?
Yes, with conditions. Personal toiletries in normal amounts. A gift can include up to 50 g of perfume or 0.25 liters of toilet water within the €45 limit. Couriers refuse aerosols and nail polish.
Ask about a specific item
Official sources
- 1.
Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV)
Envio ou transporte para a União Europeia (opens in a new tab) - 2.
INFARMED, I.P. (Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde)
Aquisição de medicamentos no estrangeiro (infografia) (opens in a new tab) - 3.
- 4.
Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT), Direção de Serviços de Regulação Aduaneira
STADA-Importação - CAU - Remessas de Baixo Valor (eCommerce): Manual de preenchimento da declaração aduaneira para remessas de baixo valor (opens in a new tab) - 5.
Diário da República Eletrónico
Decreto-Lei n.º 148/2015, de 4 de agosto (Diário da República, 1.ª série, n.º 150) (opens in a new tab) - 6.
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Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT)
Código do IVA, Artigo 18.º: Taxas do imposto (opens in a new tab) - 8.
Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT)
Mercadorias eCommerce (opens in a new tab) - 9.
General guidance, not legal advice. Customs in Portugal makes the final decision on every box.