People usually send documents, clothes, gifts and medicines to Armenia with a traveler. Armenia is in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), but it has its own allowance at the land border: according to the State Revenue Committee, goods for personal use worth up to 200 euros and weighing up to 10 kg come in duty-free by land, and up to 10,000 euros and 50 kg by air. Medicines without documents: up to 10 names and up to three packages of each.
What you can usually send
You can send goods for personal, family and household needs that are not related to business. Customs decides whether these are personal goods based on their nature and quantity and on how often the person crosses the border.
- Documents: certificates, powers of attorney, original papers.
- Clothes, shoes, gifts, small electronics: within the value and weight allowance.
- Medicines: without a certificate, up to 10 names, up to three consumer packages of each. More if the amount is justified by a prescription, a medical record extract or another document signed by a doctor.
- Ready-made animal products: up to 5 kg in factory packaging.
- Fruit, vegetables, flowers: without a phytosanitary certificate, up to 5 kg, one pumpkin, melon and watermelon each, up to 3 bouquets of no more than 15 stems each.
What you cannot send or should avoid
The list of import bans for Armenia is common to the EAEU. Armenia is particularly strict about medicines with narcotic substances.
- Narcotic and psychotropic medicines: only medicines registered in Armenia can be brought in. You need medical documents stating the name and quantity, in Armenian or with a notarized translation. A declaration at the border is mandatory. Failing to file it carries administrative or criminal liability.
- Seed and ware potatoes: cannot come in without a phytosanitary certificate.
- Alcohol over 5 liters: banned from countries outside the EAEU.
- Weapons, ammunition, cultural property, potent substances: moving them without a declaration counts as smuggling.
- Animals: no more than two dogs or cats, with a passport entry of a veterinary check no earlier than 14 days before the trip. Sending an animal with a stranger is a bad idea.
- Power banks and spare batteries: on a plane, carry-on only, never in checked baggage. Under the IATA 2026 guidance, you can take no more than two power banks, each up to 100 Wh; larger ones are forbidden, and you can't charge them from the aircraft power supply. Spare batteries for devices: up to 100 Wh without approval, 100 to 160 Wh with the airline's approval and no more than two per device, over 160 Wh not allowed. Airlines may set stricter rules.
- Someone else's cash: under our rules, you cannot send any cash that belongs to another person.
Duty-free allowances
The allowances apply to each person. If an allowance is exceeded, a passenger declaration is filed for all goods.
- By air: goods worth up to 10,000 euros and weighing up to 50 kg.
- By land: up to 200 euros and 10 kg according to the Armenian State Revenue Committee. The Eurasian Economic Commission document lists 500 euros and 25 kg for Armenia, so check the allowance on the Committee's website before the trip.
- Above the allowance: 30% of the value, but at least 4 euros per kilogram above the allowance.
- Alcohol: 3 liters duty-free. From 3 to 5 liters, with a declaration and 10 euros for each liter above 3. Age 18 and over only.
- Tobacco: no more than 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars, or 200 heated tobacco sticks, or 250 g of tobacco. Age 18 and over only.
- Cash: up to 10,000 US dollars together with traveler's cheques needs no declaration. More must be declared. Money on bank cards is not declared. Above 100,000 US dollars, you need documents showing where the money came from.
How to pack and what to check at handover
The traveler should see everything they carry. So the parcel is packed in front of them, not handed over as a closed box.
- Show every item at the meeting. The traveler does not take anything sealed.
- Add a receipt if the item is new: it helps confirm the value.
- For medicines: original packaging, a prescription or a doctor's statement. With more than 10 names or more than three packages, the document is required.
- Food: ready-made and factory-packed only.
- Take photos of the contents and of the packed parcel, and share the recipient's contacts.
Who is responsible at the border
The person carrying the parcel is responsible. In Armenia, the declarant is the person who owns, uses or controls the goods in their luggage at the moment of crossing the border. So at customs the traveler answers for someone else's parcel.
Entering the green channel is a statement that there is nothing to declare. If in doubt, the State Revenue Committee advises the red channel. A traveler can refuse an item if they are not sure it can be brought in.
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Sources
- Armenian State Revenue Committee: guide for individuals crossing the border (2024, in Russian)
- Armenian State Revenue Committee: land border allowance (in Russian)
- Armenian State Revenue Committee: declaring goods for personal use (in Russian)
- Armenian State Revenue Committee: non-personal goods and bans
- Eurasian Economic Commission: allowances for goods for personal use (Annex 1 to Decision No. 107)
- Eurasian Economic Commission: moving goods for personal use and cash
- IATA: passengers travelling with lithium batteries
- Parcelane: prohibited and restricted items
Checked: November 2026. Rules change, so check the Armenian State Revenue Committee website before the trip.