Non-dutiable Personal Effects & Gifts for Passengers: 
1.  Personal Gifts:

Personal effects and gifts which value does not exceed QR3,000.00 arriving in the company of passenger are non-dutiable. To benefit from the exemption, the following requirements shall be met:

Effects and gifts shall be of personal nature and in non-commercial quantities.
Passenger shall not be a frequenter of Customs Department or a dealer in the materials in his/her possession.
Non-dutiable cigarettes shall not exceed 400 cigarettes.
Effects and gifts shall be subject to the prohibition and restriction provisions of the Customs Act and other legislations.
2.   Electrical Tools & Appliances:

- It is permissible to bring free of customs duty a used video camera, still photographic camera, and mobile phone imported for personal use in the company of persons arriving into the State.
- It is permissible to bring free of customs duty a personal lap-top computer and used maintenance technicians tools when arriving in the company of persons arriving into the State and for their personal use.

  Prohibition & Restriction:

a. Passengers shall declare to the Customs Department of entry into the State the goods, effects and materials subject to customs duty and other fees, or subject to provisions of prohibition and restriction given in the said Customs Act or legislations in force in the State.

b. Contraband materials are prohibited from entry into the State in the company of passengers. Of these contraband materials are the following:

All materials of pornographic nature (books, magazines, films, floppy or compact disks, etc.)
Narcotics of all types and classes.
- Arms and explosives of all types.
- Radioactive equipment and materials.
- Alcoholic beverages.

  When To Pay Customs Duty:

If the value of gifts and luggage exceed the exempted amount limit, or if they are of commercial nature, such gifts and luggage shall be dutiable at 5% of the customs value, with the exception of tobacco and its derivatives which are dutiable at 100% of the value, provided that such duty shall not be less than the qualitative duty prescribed in the customs tariff.

  Permit Procedures & Payment of Customs Duty:

a. Dutiable goods and luggage are declared by a Customs Declaration Form (Annexure1), which includes passenger’s name, nationality, identification document, registration number of means of transport, date of arrival, type and quantity of goods and materials in possession, and an acknowledgement of accuracy of the declared information.

b. The concerned customs officer may accept verbal declaration of the passenger and take necessary procedures as per the following clause.

c. Concerned officer will check the information given in the declaration, wholly or partially, as the case may be, inspect the goods and materials arriving in the company of the passenger, and value them depending on their condition, and fill such facts in the Immediate Clearance Form concerning non-commercial goods arriving in the company of passengers (Annexure 2).  
Customs duties and other fees will be levied in accordance with the applicable tariff table on the form and a copy will be submitted to the passenger.

d. These procedures apply to the goods arriving in the company of passengers for personal use only. If it is found that the incoming goods are of commercial nature, passenger will be asked to submit a Customs Declaration and follow the legally prescribed customs clearance procedures with the concerned shipping section. Penalties to be imposed, if any .

e. If passenger does not wish to pay the customs duty when payable for the goods in possession and wishes to re-export them, such goods will be stored at the department’s warehouse for a period of maximum 3 months, and for which a demurrage of 0.005% of the value of the parcel per every week or part of a week of the custody period. If the passenger fails to collect the parcel and dispose of it in accordance with provisions of the law, items will be sold in public auction.

f. If the check-up revealed undeclared goods and materials, or goods and materials hidden in places not designed for such goods and materials, the concerned officer will seize such goods and materials, record the incident and apply provisions of the Customs Act.

  Declaration of Cash:

a. Concerned customs officials, in case of any suspicion, will ask passengers to declare cash or bearer-tradable instruments in their possession by filling in the attached Form No (2).

b. Upon request of the concerned customs official, passenger shall declare all cash and bearer-tradable instruments irrespective of their amount.

c. Customs departments maintain enough stock of such forms in both Arabic and English languages to be provided to passengers asked to declare cash or bearer-tradable instruments in their possession.

d. If passenger fails to provide the required declaration, or provided a false or incomplete declaration, passenger will be considered to have failed to declare and the concerned official will investigate the reasons behind such failure and will record full details about passenger ID, address, source of cash, means of carrying cash, and purpose of moving such cash. When suspecting its source, or that the purpose is money laundering and financing terrorism, the officer will seize the money and means of carrying such cash by an official receipt, without prejudice to application of the Customs Act provisions when the act represents a smuggling crime or customs offence. In all circumstances, Customs Authority shall inform the Financial Data Unit of Qatar Central Bank to follow up the issue.

  Temporary Admission of Foreign Vehicles:

a. Foreign tourist vehicles (other than those registered in a GCC member state) shall be granted a temporary admission permits as follows:

1- Six months for the vehicles covered by an International Passage Carnet. 
2- Three months for the vehicles not covered by an International Passage Carnet to be renewed for a similar period if the concerned person submits bank guarantees or cash deposit equivalent to the amount of the payable customs duties.

b. To benefit from the provisions of temporary admission, vehicle shall satisfy the following requirements:

The vehicle shall be officially registered in the country where licensed with a documentary evidence.
The license of the vehicle shall be valid and vehicle shall not have export plates.
Production of insurance policy from an insurance company approved in the State covering its territories throughout the period of temporary admission.
Production of a recognized International Passage Carnet to guarantee the customs duties.
c. To benefit from the Temporary Admission provisions persons seeking Temporary Admission of their vehicles shall satisfy the following requirements:

Person shall be the owner of the vehicle or authorized to drive the vehicle under a special power of attorney issued in the country of registration and duly attested.
Person shall have a valid residence in the country where the vehicle is registered unless such a person is a national of that country.
Person shall have a valid driving license.
d. To benefit from the provisions of Temporary Admission, the International Passage Carnet shall be accepted by the Customs Authority and its validity shall cover the period of temporary admission of the vehicle.

e. The following procedures shall be followed when a vehicle is admitted under the International Passage Carnet:

The number, date and period of the temporary admission permit shall be entered into the International Passage Carnet.
The relevant coupon shall be removed from the Carnet upon entry and exit.
f. Students and those on scholarships (non-GCC nationals) studying at a university or institute in the State shall be allowed to renew the period of temporary admission for their vehicles during the period of study or scholarship, provided that the vehicle shall be guaranteed by a valid International Passage Carnet.

g. Temporary Admission permits are granted to vehicles by the respective Customs Department.

h. The temporary admission permit shall contain all the information relating to the vehicle and the concerned person such as plate number, country of registration, chassis number, engine number, make and colour of vehicle as well as the concerned person’s name, nationality and passport number.

i. The status of Temporary Admission of foreign vehicles shall ends when the vehicle exits the State via a customs office or when placed in the free zone or when cleared for home use by payment of due customs duties subject to the approval of the Customs Authority.