Money & duty free for Aruba
Exchange rates:
Aruban FlorinC$1 = ƒ1.35
€1 = ƒ1.88
£1 = ƒ2.23
US$1 = ƒ1.81
Currency & Money
Aruban Florin (AWG; symbol Æ) = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of Æ500, 100, 50, 25 and 10. Coins are in denominations of Æ5, 2.5 and 1, and 50, 25, 10 and 5 cents.
The Aruban Florin is tied to the US Dollar.
Major credit cards are widely accepted by many shops and hotels. They can also be used in ATMs if the card bears CIRRUS or Plus System logos.
To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take traveller's cheques in US Dollars or Euros. Traveller's cheques can be cashed at banks and at major hotels.
The export of the Aruban Florin is prohibited. The import and export of foreign currency must be declared with amounts exceeding the equivilant of US$20,000.
Aruba duty free
The following items may be imported into Aruba without incurring customs duty:
• 200 cigarettes or 50 cigarillos or 25 cigars or 250g of tobacco.
• 1L of spirits or 2.25L of wine or 3L of beer.
• Gifts to the value of AWG400.
Prohibited imports include unauthorised firearms and ammunition, drugs and narcotics.
Restricted goods which require an import licence include plants, animals, meat and meat products, pesticides, precursors and essential chemicals, certain telecommunications equipment and medicines.
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