What items can a traveler enter by air in Ecuador?

When a traveler arrives in Ecuador by air, he can enter various items in his luggage, but he must bear in mind that there is a list that details what merchandise, and in what quantities, can enter without paying taxes.

The National Customs Service of Ecuador indicates on its official website that personal effects can be freely entered, which are “those that accompany the passenger or the family group individually considered, provided that due to their quantity or value they cannot be considered commercial, and that they are exempt from paying taxes on foreign trade, tariff surcharges and the presentation of import authorizations, permits, licenses and records ”.

The entity indicates that an asset or set of assets that are not on the list will also be considered as personal effects, but that does not have volume, quantity or size restrictions and whose value does not exceed $ 500.

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According to Customs, the following items are considered personal effects of the passenger, whether these are new or used:

• Clothing.
• Toiletries.
• Grooming items.
• Jewelry, costume jewelery, personal ornaments and home decorations.
• Books, magazines, photographic material and printed or handwritten documents.
• Processed foods, properly sealed or vacuum packed.
• Food and articles for children.
• Portable instruments, equipment and tools, typical of the passenger’s profession or trade, be they new or used and regardless of the reason for the trip, provided that such work activity is reliably justified by means of the professional card, employment contract in the country or another public or private document, provided they have been issued prior to the passenger submitting to customs control.
• Maximum one portable tool for domestic use, in the event that it is not typical of the passenger’s profession or trade.
• Costumes for artists, theater companies, circuses, for sports use or others.
• Medicines, vitamins and food supplements. In the case of medications, they must be accompanied by their respective national or foreign medical prescription. In the case of food supplements, maximum 4 kg.
• Technical aids for older adults or people with disabilities, whether they are passengers or their relatives whose relationship corresponds to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, and who due to their condition cannot travel, such as wheelchairs, crutches, orthopedic devices and similar, necessary equipment for medical control, mobilization and independent development, provided that all these implements are in accordance with adulthood or disability and in exclusive quantities for personal use.
• Blood pressure, temperature and glucose measuring devices, maximum 2 each, per passenger or family group.
• One camping team, per passenger or family group.
• Suitcases, bags or others that serve to transport luggage.
• Compact discs for video, music or data that can be carried normally by one person.
• Maximum two live domestic animals, as pets, complying with the provisions of the corresponding health authority.
• Maximum two musical instruments with or without their accessories; and / or a maximum of two musical accessories that are not with your main musical instrument, which can be carried normally by one person.
• Maximum three articles used in different sports and / or their accessories that can be carried normally by one person.
• Toys and / or their accessories that can be carried normally by a person.
• In the case of passengers over 18 years of age, maximum 3 liters of alcoholic beverages, 20 packs of cigarettes of 20 units, 1 pound of tobacco and 25 units of cigars or cigars. When the same container exceeds 3 liters of alcoholic beverages, 1 pound of tobacco or 25 units of cigars or cigars, it must be taxed in proportion to the difference that is not exempt.
• Maximum six digital memories for a photographic camera, computers or mobile devices, including cell phones, except those that are incorporated in the aforementioned equipment.
• Maximum ten video games, understood as cassettes, CDs or similar.
• Kitchen utensils, as long as they are not electric, that can be carried by one person.
• Portable electrical personal care or grooming appliances, such as a hair dryer, hair straightener, razor, and the like, one unit of each appliance per passenger or two units of each appliance per family group.
• Maximum three portable electrical appliances for domestic use per passenger or family group.
• Maximum 300 milliliters of perfume per passenger or 600 milliliters of perfume per family group, contained in new bottles.
• Maximum 1,250 milliliters in total per passenger or 3,000 milliliters in total per family group, of creams, body lotions, splash and the like, contained in new packages.

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They are also considered personal effects up to a new and a used unit of the following articles:

• Cell phone.
• Photographic camera.
• VCR or camcorder.
• Digital multimedia receiver and / or portable image / video or sound player, for domestic use.
• Satelital phone.
• Electronic agenda or personal computer on tablet (tablet).
• Portable Global Positioning Equipment (GPS) for personal use.
• Laptop and / or its peripherals (mouse, hearing aids and the like).
• Console for video games and a maximum of two accessories, whether they are portable or not.
• Electronic calculator.

The National Customs Service of Ecuador indicates that if it is in the possession of the passenger or family group more units than those indicated in the aforementioned list will be considered taxable assets; therefore, its value will form part of the taxable base of the tax obligation.

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In addition, they are considered personal effects up to a unit, new or used, of the following articles:

• TV up to 32 ″.
• Up to 24 ″ computer monitor.
• Desktop computer and / or its peripherals (mouse, headphones, camera, keyboard, scanner and the like), for domestic use.
• Desktop printer, for home use, whose value does not exceed $ 300.
• Binoculars.
• Telescope.
• Projection device and / or screen for domestic use.
• Phone or fax.
• Drone, whose value does not exceed $ 500.

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In case of finding two or more units, of the items indicated in the preceding list regardless of whether the second unit is new or used, they will be considered taxable assets; therefore, its value will form part of the taxable base of the tax obligation. (I)