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As the question states, is it allowed to bring snus (the Swedish tobacco pouches) into Saudi Arabia for own use when flying in? Note that I am not interested in knowing if it is possible, but only if it is allowed.

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As stated by the IATA travel centre, which gets its information directly from local authorities:

Import regulations:

Free import of:

  1. (irrespective of age) 600 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500 grams of tobacco (any excess prohibited);

  2. a reasonable quantity of perfume or Eau de Cologne, for personal use;

  3. a reasonable amount of cultured pearls, for personal use

So unless you exceed 500 grammes, you will be fine

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Crazydre
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According to my experience it is no problem to import snus, I use Siberia Snus myself, and it works very well! Sometimes they want me to pay VAT, sometimes not.

As someone else wrote above, it differs between officials when you ask. I also buy LYFT nicotine pouches in Saudi Arabia and sometimes also in Dubai, never any issue of those tobacco free products either.

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