🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Customs Guide
What customs allows you to bring into Sri Lanka — duty-free caps, banned and restricted goods, and medication rules, from official sources.
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Every section below carries verbatim quotes from official customs sources captured on the verification date.
Two different questions. Airport security screening (TSA/CATSA — can it go through the checkpoint?) is separate from customs (may it enter the country at all?). This page covers customs after arrival in Sri Lanka; for checkpoint rules, see the item guides.
Duty-free allowances
Adults 18+: two regular bottles of wine + 1.5 L spirits; perfume 2 oz + eau de toilette ≤ ¼ L; travel souvenirs ≤ US$250 (non-commercial). Family travelling together: concession generally for two members only. ALL tobacco is dutiable (no concession) — same posture as Singapore. Resident-specific schemes layer up to 2.5 L liquor + 2 L wine variants; concession grantable once per 365 days.
“Two bottles of wine as well as one and half a litre of spirits. Two ounces of perfume and a quarter litre of eau de toilette. Travel souvenirs not intended for commercial use, of the maximum value of USD 250. In the case of members of a family travelling together, free import is in general only allowed for two members.”
“Alcoholic Liquor not exceeding two and a half liters, wine not exceeding two liters and perfumed spirits not exceeding a quarter liter”
Prohibited & restricted goods
PROHIBITED: dangerous drugs/narcotics; pornographic or seditious material; material ridiculing any religious belief. RESTRICTED: firearms/ammunition/explosives/weapons; plants, fruits, birds and their products; pharmaceuticals except personal use; commercial goods other than trade samples.
“Restricted Fire arms, ammunition, explosives and weapons. Plants, Fruits, Birds and their products Pharmaceuticals and medicines, except for personal use. Goods for commercial or trade purposes, except trade samples.”
Medication & prescription drugs
Personal-use pharmaceuticals allowed (verbatim: except-for-personal-use carve-out); bulk/commercial pharma restricted.
“Pharmaceuticals and medicines, except for personal use.”
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Accuracy beats completeness here. The following are confirmed gaps in our verified coverage for Sri Lanka; each line names the official source we are re-checking, not a third-party answer:
- Pending cigarette/tobacco dutiable line verbatim (visible on airport page — capture truncated; re-extract on next pass)
Sri Lanka customs FAQs
What is the duty-free allowance for Sri Lanka?
Adults 18+: two regular bottles of wine + 1.5 L spirits; perfume 2 oz + eau de toilette ≤ ¼ L; travel souvenirs ≤ US$250 (non-commercial).
What items are prohibited or restricted at Sri Lanka customs?
PROHIBITED: dangerous drugs/narcotics; pornographic or seditious material; material ridiculing any religious belief. RESTRICTED: firearms/ammunition/explosives/weapons; plants, fruits, birds and their products; pharmaceuticals except personal use; commercial goods other than trade samples.
Can I bring medication into Sri Lanka?
Personal-use pharmaceuticals allowed (verbatim: except-for-personal-use carve-out); bulk/commercial pharma restricted.
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