Duty-free for travellers

Travellers to the Faroes are permitted to bring the following for own consumption without paying tax and duty. You may bring the following allowance once within 24 hours. The minimum age for bringing alcohol or tobacco is 18 years. 

Alcohol

• 1 litre of spirits over 22% ABV (at most 60% ABV) + 1 litre of fortified wine up to 22% ABV + 2 litres of
  • beer or
  • cider up to 5.8% ABV

• or 1 litre of spirits over 22% ABV (at most 60% ABV) + 2.25 litres of table wine + 2 litres of
  • beer or
  • cider up to 5.8% ABV

• or 2.25 litres of fortified wine + 2 litres of
  • beer or
  • cider up to 5.8% ABV

• or 4.5 litres of table wine + 2 litres of
  • beer or
  • cider up to 5.8% ABV

• or 10 litres of
  
  • beer or
  • cider up to 5.8% ABV

Tobacco

• 200 cigarettes
• or 100 cigarillos
• or 50 cigars
• or 250 grams of tobacco

Perfume, aftershave, chocolates/sweets and soda

• Perfume, 50 grams maximum
• Aftershave, 25 centilitres maximum
• Chocolates/sweets, 3 kilograms maximum
• Soda, 10 litres maximum

Other goods
You may import other goods duty-free if the total value of these goods does not exceed DKK 2,500 excl. VAT. If the total value exceeds this amount, you must pay duty on the total value. Goods that consist of multiple parts, but belong together, cannot be imported in parts, over multiple trips or of multiple persons duty-free, despite the value of each part being less than DKK 2,500 excl. VAT.

When you as a traveller arrive in the Faroe Islands, you come to the arrival hall at the airport or the ferry terminal, you must choose to go through the red or the green customs channel. Both are clearly marked.

The red channel
Proceed to the red channel if you bought goods with a value exceeding DKK 2,500 excl. VAT, or if you bought more than your duty-free allowance of goods. You must also go through the red channel if you have special goods, such as a dog or a cat.

The green channel
Proceed to the green channel if you only bought goods with a value of less than DKK 2,500 excl. VAT or you bought goods that are within your duty-free allowance.

Choose the red channel if you are in doubt
If you are not sure which channel to choose, proceed to the red channel and ask a customs officer.

Customs officers can carry out selective checks on travellers in the green channel
Passing through the green channel is the same as telling customs that you have nothing to declare. If customs decide to do a check in the green channel, and you have something to declare, you will be fined.

If you want to bring more goods than the duty-free allowance, you must declare the goods and pay the rates described below. 

Alcohol
Travellers, aged 18 and over, are allowed to bring the following total when arriving in the Faroe Islands: 

• 3 litres of spirits between 22% and 60% vol. alc.,
• 9 litres of wine or other alcohol up to 22% vol. alc. and
• 10 litres of beer or cider.

Anything exceeding the above-mentioned amounts will be confiscated by customs. 

Customs duty rates

Chocolate/sweets, 1 kilogram: 45 kr.

Customs have the authorisation to conduct examinations upon travellers, their baggage and means of transportation. Travellers are obligated to give the customs officers all the information deemed necessary in order to make the control.

It is the traveller's responsibility to open and repack the baggage that has been demanded examined.

There are special regulations concerning the importation of some goods, for example:

• Live animals
• Medicine
• Narcotics
• Meat
• Weapons
• Fireworks

Some of these goods are prohibited and others require special permits. Read more in the sections Restricted goods and Banned goods under Online shopping.

Travellers carrying a cash amount equivalent to EUR 10,000 or more into the Faroes or from the Faroes are obligated to declare it with customs.

Download the application form for Cash declaration, available on this website, and return it to the customs authorities via a secure email to: tollvald@taks.fo or by post to TAKS, Smyrilsvegur 20, Postboks 2151, 110 Tórshavn.

Travellers not residing in the Faroe Islands can buy goods in the Faroes tax-free. The purchase must be for at least DKK 300 from each shop. To get the tax refund, the tax-free form must be stamped by customs at the departure airport or ferry terminal before departing the Faroes.

If the tax-free form is Faroese, you can get the tax refund at the information desk at the airport or onboard the ferry M/S Norrøna.