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Can you bring snus and nicotine pouches to Romania?
Travellers may bring snus and nicotine pouches into Romania for personal use. From another EU country: personal-use quantities, indicative limit 1 kg of tobacco products. From outside the EU: 250 g of tobacco or the equivalent proportional mix per adult traveller. Selling nicotine pouches in Romania is legal with restrictions and selling tobacco snus is banned.
| Allowance | 250 g From another EU country: personal-use quantities, indicative limit 1 kg of tobacco products. From outside the EU: 250 g of tobacco or the equivalent proportional mix per adult traveller. |
| Nicotine pouches | Allowed Sale in Romania: legal with restrictions; legal cap 20 mg per pouch |
| Tobacco snus | Allowed with limits Sale in Romania: banned |
Customs and penalties
- Declaration: not required within the allowance
- Penalties: Above-allowance quantities attract duty, VAT and excise; commercial quantities can be seized and fined.
- Airport and airline: No specific restriction on pouches or snus in hand or checked luggage.
- Minimum age in Romania: 18
Nicotine pouches are excise goods in Romania, so quantities beyond personal use brought from abroad can attract Romanian excise. Ordering pouches from abroad is possible but delivery must be by courier with age check, not to a parcel locker.
Frequently asked
Can I bring nicotine pouches (ZYN, VELO) to Romania?
Allowed. Possession and use of nicotine pouches in Romania: legal. From another EU country: personal-use quantities, indicative limit 1 kg of tobacco products. From outside the EU: 250 g of tobacco or the equivalent proportional mix per adult traveller.
Can I bring tobacco snus to Romania?
Allowed with limits. Possession and use of tobacco snus in Romania: legal.
Can I take snus on a plane to Romania?
No specific restriction on pouches or snus in hand or checked luggage.
Do I have to declare snus at customs in Romania?
Not if you stay within the personal allowance.
- Full legal status of snus and nicotine pouches in Romania
- Flying with nicotine pouches: the general guide
Other destinations
- Bringing snus to Albania – pouches unregulated (sold openly), snus banned
- Bringing snus to Andorra – pouches no specific rule found, snus no specific rule found
- Bringing snus to Austria – pouches legal with restrictions, snus banned
- Bringing snus to Belarus – pouches unregulated (sold openly), snus legal
- Bringing snus to Belgium – pouches banned, snus banned
- Bringing snus to Bosnia and Herzegovina – pouches no specific rule found, snus legal
- Bringing snus to Bulgaria – pouches legal with restrictions, snus banned
- Bringing snus to Croatia – pouches legal, snus banned
- Bringing snus to Cyprus – pouches prescription only, snus banned
- Bringing snus to Czechia – pouches legal with restrictions, snus banned
Sources
- Legea nr. 64/2024, art. 17^1 - pliculetele cu nicotina pentru uz oral – Lege5 (official text of Monitorul Oficial nr. 267/2024) (Legislation, 28 March 2024; accessed 4 September 2026) ✓ verified
“Nivelul de nicotina continut in fiecare (pouch) pliculet cu nicotina pentru uz oral nu poate depasi valoarea de 20 mg/pliculet. Introducerea pe piata a (pouch-urilor) pliculetelor cu nicotina pentru uz oral care nu respecta prevederile prezentei legi este interzisa.”
- Alcohol, tobacco and cash when travelling - duty-free allowances – European Commission, Your Europe (Government; accessed 4 September 2026) ✓ verified
“200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 g tobacco”
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