Money & duty free for Uruguay
Exchange rates:
Peso UruguayoC$1 = $U21.42
€1 = $U29.88
£1 = $U35.58
US$1 = $U28.73
Currency & Money
Peso Uruguayo (UYU; symbol $U) = 100 centécimos. Notes are in the denominations of $U2,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50 and 20. Coins are in denominations of $U10, 5, 2 and 1 and 50 centécimos.
MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Diners Club are the most commonly used credit cards. All are widely accepted in major tourist and business destinations including Montevideo, Punta del Este and Colonia del Sacramento. In rural areas, it's best to carry cash as many businesses will not accept credit cards.
ATMs marked with the green Banred or blue RedBROU logo are reliable and available in all cities, as well as some smaller towns. These serve all major international banking networks, including Cirrus, Visa, Link, MasterCard and Maestro.
Traveller's Cheques can still be cashed at some banks and exchange shops in major tourist hubs. US Dollar traveller's cheques are more widely accepted than those issued in Euros or Sterling.
Local currency and foreign currency may be imported and exported up to the equivalent of US$10,000; larger amounts must be declared.
Uruguay duty free
The Customs Allowances for Uruguay DUTY FREE SHOPS are:
• USD$850 for products acquire at arrivals Duty Free Shops. (Decree 376/022 and its modifications).
• For Travelers arriving to Uruguay from non-MERCOSUR countries, tax-free for alcoholic beverages and cigarettes that are purchased in duty free stores are limited to the following maximum amounts: distilled alcoholic beverages up to six (6) liters and four (4) cartons of cigarettes. This regime does not apply to wines, sparkling wines and similar.
Travellers are allowed the following franchises:
For travellers coming by air or sea from a MERCOSUR country, Chile or Bolivia, the franchise is up to US$500 once a month.
For travellers coming from a country outside of MERCOSUR, Chile or Bolivia via air or sea border, the franchise is up to US$500 once a year whereas coming via land border the franchise is US$300.
Travelers under the age of 18 years, who will return to their home country, are allowed 50% of the applicable franchise.
Please check Customs official web page at https://www.aduanas.gub.uy.
Please note, that tourists have to submit their customs declaration electronically at https://luciapub.aduanas.gub.uy/luciapubx/DECLARACIONES.FranquiciaTurista.FTNuevoRegistro.aspx
Prohibited items are vegetables, their parts and/or related products, fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, seed crafts and plant products: flowers, ornamental plants and in vitro cultures; soil, fruit, horticultural and forage plants; forest products or parts thereof: Branches, poles, ears of corn, buds, bulbs or others; animals, products and by-products: Liquid milk - except preserved -, butter, eggs, cream and cheese; domestic animals, birds, exotic specimens, bees and others; all kinds of meat, cold cuts and sausages; animal feed and combustible biological or veterinary products; alkaloids, narcotics or pornographic materials.
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