Buying e-cigarettes and refills when travelling abroad

When returning home from a trip abroad, you may, once you are 18, bring in e-cigarettes and refills for private use. The quantity you can bring in without paying customs duty or taxes depends on whether it contains nicotine and if you buy the goods in another EU country or in a country outside the EU.

The goods you buy on your trip must be for your own personal use. You must also transport (carry) the goods yourself.

E-cigarettes and refills containing nicotine

From another EU country

• 20 millilitres

From a country outside the EU

• If arrival is by an aircraft or ferry in commercial traffic, the value of goods you may bring in free of customs duty and tax is SEK 5,000.
• If arrival is by some other means, the value of goods you can bring in without paying any charges is SEK 3,500.

E-cigarettes and refills that do not contain nicotine

From another EU country

• No restrictions.

From a country outside the EU

• If arrival is by an aircraft or ferry in commercial traffic, the value of goods you may bring in free of customs duty and tax is SEK 5,000.
• If arrival is by some other means, the value of goods you can bring in without paying any charges is SEK 3,500.

Declaring goods to Swedish Customs – Red, blue or green lane

Read more about buying tobacco and other nicotine-containing products while travelling abroad.

Applicable rules

• Lag (2017:425) om elektroniska cigaretter och påfyllningsbehållare (information about the act on electronic cigarettes and refills in swedish)