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Bringing things into Kuwait

Leave at home

  • Alcohol
  • Pork products
Duty-free allowance
Alcohol may not be brought in at all, in any quantity

Kuwait is dry in the fullest sense: no alcohol enters the country, and pork is prohibited alongside it.

  • Alcohol is prohibited outright. There is no allowance and no duty-free purchase that survives arrival; bottles are confiscated and the offence can mean more than a fine.
  • Pork products may not be brought in, in any form.
  • Medicines containing codeine, tramadol or narcotics need a prescription and the original packaging, and are worth declaring rather than hiding.
  • Cash above the declarable threshold must be reported on arrival and departure.
  • Material considered offensive to Islam is prohibited, and that is applied to printed matter and DVDs in luggage.
  • Drug offences carry very heavy penalties, including capital ones for trafficking.

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