People usually send documents, clothes, gifts, small electronics and ordinary medicines to Georgia with a traveler. By air, goods not meant for business worth up to 3,000 lari and weighing up to 30 kg are duty-free; by land and sea, up to 500 lari and 30 kg once every 30 days. Georgia explicitly prohibits handing over medicines with narcotic or psychotropic substances to another person.
What you can usually send
You can send items for the passenger, their family or as a gift, if the import is one-off and not for business. Goods for business must be declared regardless of quantity and value.
- Documents: certificates, powers of attorney, original papers.
- Clothes, shoes, gifts, small electronics: within the value and weight allowance.
- Medicines not under special control: up to 10 standard packs for personal treatment without medical documents, including medicines not registered in Georgia.
- Food: up to 500 lari and 30 kg once a day, with limits on animal products (below).
- Fruit, vegetables, flowers: without a phytosanitary certificate, up to 5 kg of fresh fruit and vegetables, up to 3 kg of citrus fruit, 1 bouquet or up to 20 cut flowers, if everything together is worth up to 500 lari.
What you cannot send or should avoid
The main risk in Georgia is medicines. Many common medicines are under special control here.
- Narcotic and psychotropic medicines: you can bring a 31-day supply for yourself, but only with a copy of the prescription and the doctor's note, translated into English and certified, plus a document confirming they are valid. The list of such medicines includes tramadol, pregabalin, alprazolam, codeine, pseudoephedrine and others. Illegal import is a criminal offense.
- Handing such medicines to another person: strictly prohibited. So they are not sent with a traveler.
- More than 10 packs of ordinary medicines: only with medical documents and a dose calculation for the days of the trip.
- Meat and dairy: up to 10 kg from the EU, up to 5 kg from Russia and Turkey, not allowed from most other countries. Caviar: up to 0.2 kg, and not from every country.
- Potatoes, chrysanthemums, carnations, orchids, citrus and grapevine plants: banned without a phytosanitary certificate. Soil is not allowed.
- Weapons, poisons, antiques, animals and plants, radio electronics: need a permit.
- 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
Alcohol and tobacco allowances apply from age 18. By air, allowances count per calendar day; by land and sea, per 30 days.
- By air: goods not meant for business up to 3,000 lari and 30 kg, except food.
- By land and sea: up to 500 lari and 30 kg once every 30 days.
- Food: up to 500 lari and 30 kg once a day.
- Above the allowance: import duty of 0%, 5% or 12% of the customs value plus 18% VAT.
- Alcohol: 1 liter at 22% or stronger, or 2 liters under 22%, or 4 liters of wine and 16 liters of beer.
- Tobacco: 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars, or 50 cigarillos, or 200 heated tobacco sticks, or 250 g of tobacco, or 50 ml of e-cigarette liquid.
- Cash: amounts over 30,000 lari in any currency must be declared. Undeclared money carries a fine from 3,000 lari or confiscation.
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.
- Check the ingredients of medicines: do not send medicines under special control.
- Food: factory-packed, with no meat or dairy if you are not sure about the limits.
- 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. At Georgian customs the parcel counts as the traveler's goods: if an allowance is exceeded or an item is banned, the traveler pays and does the explaining.
Goods for business, restricted items and anything above the allowances must be declared. A traveler can refuse an item if they are not sure it can be brought in.
Find a traveler to Georgia
Trips to Georgia are collected on route pages, for example Moscow → Tbilisi. All directions are on the routes page.
If there is no suitable trip, post a request: travelers on your route will see it and respond. The price calculator suggests how much to offer for delivery.
Sources
- Tax Code of Georgia, Article 199
- Customs Code of Georgia, Article 169
- Law of Georgia on Narcotic Drugs, Article 19
- Revenue Service of Georgia: exemptions and the obligation to declare
- Revenue Service of Georgia: what to know when crossing the border
- Revenue Service of Georgia: prohibited and permitted medicines
- Revenue Service of Georgia: clearance of goods at the customs checkpoint
- Revenue Service of Georgia: veterinary and phytosanitary control
- IATA: passengers travelling with lithium batteries
- Parcelane: prohibited and restricted items
Checked: November 2026. Rules change, so check the Revenue Service of Georgia website before the trip.