UPDATED: Items that a traveler can bring in by air

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The list of personal items that a traveler can bring in by air has been updated. international flights for the Ecuadorian airports without paying taxes. Foto AAG

The National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE) established a new list with the items that travelers can enter the country without paying taxes by air, as long as they meet certain requirements. These items are considered personal effects and may be new or used., These changes apply from 15 September 2023.

Items that travelers can enter by air into Ecuador

With resolution SENAE-2023-0089-RE, the general procedure for the clearance of passenger luggage and crew entering or leaving international airports Ecuador What Quito, Guayaquil and Manta regarding items that can enter by air on international flights.

List of non-taxable items

I mark in bold the changes that apply since September 2023:

• Clothing;
• Toiletries;
• Grooming items;
• Jewelry, imitation jewelry, personal ornaments and home decorations;
• Books, magazines, photographic material and printed documents or manuscripts;
• Food properly sealed or vacuum packed;
• Food and items for children;
• The instruments, portable equipment and tools, specific to the passenger's profession or trade, Whether they are new or used and regardless of the reason for the trip., provided that said work activity is reliably justified by means of the professional card, employment contract in the country or other public or private document, provided that they have been issued prior to the passenger submitting to customs control;
• Maximum 1 portable home use tool, in the event that it is not typical of the passenger's profession or trade;
• artists' costumes, theater companies, circuses, for sports or other use;;
• Medicines, vitamins and food supplements. In the case of medications They must be accompanied by their respective national or foreign medical prescription.. For the case of nutritional supplements, maximum 8 Kg.
• Technical aids for older adults or people with disabilities, are passengers or relatives of these whose relationship corresponds to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, and that due to their condition they cannot travel, such as: wheelchair, crutches, orthopedic devices and similar, equipment necessary for medical control, mobilization and independent development, provided that all these implements are appropriate for older adults or disabilities and in quantities exclusive for personal use.;
• Blood pressure measuring devices, temperature and glucose, maximum 2 for each, per passenger or family group;
• A camping team, per passenger or family group;
• Suitcases, bags or others that serve to transport luggage;
• video compact discs, music or data that can normally be carried by a person;
• Maximum 2 live domestic animals as pets, complying with what is established by the corresponding health authority. For more information visit: http://www.agrocalidad.gob.ec/mascotas/);
• Maximum 2 musical instruments with or without their accessories; and/or maximum 2 musical accessories that are not with your main musical instrument, that can normally be carried by one person;
• Maximum 3 articles used in different sports and/or their accessories that can normally be carried by one person;
• Toys and/or their accessories that can normally be transported by a person;
• “In the case of passengers over 18 year old, maximum 5 liters of alcoholic beverages, 20 cigarette packs 20 units, 1 pound of tobacco and 25 units of tobacco or cigarettes. When the same container exceeds what is established, must be taxed in the proportion proportional to the difference not exempt;
• Maximum 6 digital memories for camera, computers or mobile devices including cell phones, except those that are incorporated into the aforementioned equipment;
• Maximum 10 video game, understood as cassettes, CD or similar;
• Cookware, as long as they are not electric, that can be transported by one person;
• Portable electric personal care or hygiene devices, such as: hairdryer, hair iron, Shaver, and similar, one unit of each device per passenger or two units of each device per family group;
• Maximum 3 portable electrical appliances for domestic use per passenger or family group;
• Maximum 500 milliliters of perfume per passenger or 1000 milliliters of perfume per family group, contained in new jars; and
• Maximum 2500 total milliliters per passenger or 5000 total milliliters per family group, of creams, body lotions, splash and similar, contents in new packaging.

They are also considered personal effects up to 1 new unit and 1 used from the following items:

• Cell phone;
• Photographic camera;
• Video recorder or camcorder;
• Digital multimedia receiver and/or portable image/video or sound player, for domestic use;
• Satelital phone;
• Electronic diary or personal computer on tablet (tablet);
• Portable Global Positioning Equipment (GPS) personal use only;
• Laptop and/or its peripherals (mouse, headphones and similar);
• Video game console and maximum 2 accessories, whether these are portable or not;
• Smart watch or smartwatch and;
• Wireless headphones.

If more units than those indicated in the preceding list are in the possession of the passenger or family group, They will be considered taxable assets; Thus, Its value will form part of the tax base of the tax obligation.

What's more, They are considered personal effects until 1 unit, new or used of the following articles:

• Television up to 60”;
• Computer monitor up to 32”;
• Desktop computer and/or its peripherals (mouse, earphones, camera, keyboard, scanner and similar), for domestic use;
• desktop printer, for domestic use, whose value does not exceed US $ 300,00;
• Prismatic;
• Telescope;
• Projection device and/or screen for domestic use; and
• Drone, whose value does not exceed US $1000.00.

If two or more units are found, of the items indicated in the preceding list regardless of whether the second unit is new or used, It will be considered taxable assets; Thus, Its value will form part of the tax base of the tax obligation.

Value limit

The total personal effects that a traveler can bring in without paying taxes cannot exceed USD 2.000.

Submission of customs declaration

Travelers who bring personal effects into Ecuador must present a customs declaration to the SENAE.. This declaration can be filed electronically or on paper.

Requirements for customs declaration

To submit a customs declaration, Travelers must have the following documents:

• Passport or valid identification document
• Arrival plane ticket
• Invoices
• Customs declaration

Tips for travelers

To avoid inconveniences when entering Ecuador, Travelers should follow the following advice:

• Be aware of the list of personal effects that can enter without paying taxes.
• Submit the customs declaration to the SENAE in case of exceeding the limits.
• Keep purchase receipts for the items you bring with you.

What is a traveler's personal effect or item??

Goods for personal use are those carried by the passenger or family group., and that are not considered commercial due to their quantity or value. These goods are exempt from taxes, tariffs and other import requirements.

More information

For more information about the items that travelers can enter Ecuador by air without paying taxes., I recommend searching on the website of the SENAE, as these could change without prior notice.

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