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Custom's Formalities and
Limitations
A "Passenger" is any
individual passing the state borderline of the Republic of
Bulgaria.
Upon crossing the state
borderline of the Republic of Bulgaria passengers may import and
export commodities that in type, quantities, and value are not
of a commercial nature. These do not include objects the
passenger carry for personal use and consumption objects.
Passengers have the
right to import at no custom duty or import fees the objects
necessary to the foreign individuals for their stay in the
country, which in their type and quantity correspond to both
purpose and the duration of their stay, as well as consumption
objects:
tobacco products
(passengers over 16 years of age) - cigarettes - 200 items, or
other tobacco products - 250 gr.;
Alcoholic beverages
(passengers over 16 years of age) - wine - 2 litres, and
alcoholic liquors - 1 litre;
other drinks: coffee -
500 gr., or coffee extract - 200 gr., tea - 100 gr.., or tea
extract - 40 gr.;
perfumes - 50 ml. and
toilet water - 0, 250 ml.
Passengers who are under
full 16 years of age are not entitled to duty-free import of the
commodities listed above, except for medications.
Passenger older than 16
can import duty-free commodities acquired abroad other than the
listed above at a total value up to US$ 100 or the equivalent in
other currency units. For passengers under 16 the duty-free
import rate for commodities acquired abroad is US$ 50 or their
equivalent in other currency units.
Personal use objects,
new and used, which a passenger may normally need during one's
trip, taking into account all circumstances of the travel, are
placed under the regime of temporary import with a full
exemption of all customs dues. Re-exporting personal belongings
cannot take place later than the moment when the natural person
who has imported them is leaving the customs territory of the
Republic of Bulgaria.
Currency and Currency
Regulations
The currency unit in the
Republic of Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Lev (plural form ? leva /levs/)
or BGN.
1 lev = 100 stotinki
Pegged exchange rate:
EUR 1 = BGN 1.96
Foreigners may export
and import Bulgarian banknotes and coins in circulation to the
amount of up to BGN 10,000. Sums exceeding this amount may be
imported and exported only with a permit by the BNB (Bulgarian
National Bank), valid for a period of up to 90 days of its
issuance date.
"Foreign currency" is a
foreign banknote or coins that is a legal payment means in the
country of its issuance.
"Foreign convertible
(hard) currency" is the currency for which the BNB announces a
central exchange rate every working day.
"Foreign currency in
cash" apart from banknotes and coins are also the traveller
checks issued in a foreign currency.
The foreign persons may
export convertible (hard) currency in amounts that do not exceed
the amount of the foreign currency they had imported and
declared. They can import unlimited amounts of foreign currency,
which is to be declared.
Upon entering and
exiting the customs territory of the Republic of Bulgaria
foreigners obligatorily fill in a declaration after a sample for
the following currency value they carry:
Bulgarian banknotes and
coins in circulation in amounts over BGN 10,000;
Bulgarian coins in
circulation of numismatic value;
Foreign currency equal
to more than US$ 1,000;
Shares issued by foreign
entities in foreign currency, obligation notes, treasury-bonds,
investment and depository certificates, cheques, bills of
exchange, order bills, credit letters and other similar valuable
papers;
Precious metals and
precious stones and products of these other than the usual
amounts for personal and family use - in type, weight, and
value;
Coins, containing gold,
silver and platinum - in type, weight, and value;
Other (hard) currency
values.
The export is prohibited
of articles, coins of gold, silver, and platinum of historic,
archaeological, artistic, and numismatic value included, except
for the cases when there is a permit issued by the Minister of
culture.
Foreigners leaving the
customs territory of the Republic of Bulgaria may export
precious metals in the form of ingots, articles made of them and
precious stones, as well as coins containing precious metals
within the amounts imported and declared, as well as articles
purchased within the country, whose equivalence does not exceed
the amount of the foreign convertible currency imported and
declared by them. |
