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(a) General Rule. Tobacco products may be brought into Guam from without Guam for delivery or use within Guam only if the tobacco products are imported by or consigned to a
licensed wholesaler and if the importer is licensed with the Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation and recognized as a bonded bona fide importer/exporter of tobacco.

(b) Exemptions. Tobacco products satisfying the conditions of any of the following paragraphs shall not be subject to the requirements of Subsection (a) of this Section:

(1) Personal-use tobacco products

(A) Personal use tobacco products can only be imported via passenger baggage through the means of the A.B. Won Pat International Airport, the Andersen Air Force Base Terminal, and the J.D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port of Guam via passenger and commercial vessels. Tobacco products arriving via air cargo, the Guam Main Postal Facility, or through any type of freight courier service shall not be deemed as personal cargo.

(B) There shall be a maximum of twelve (12) packages of tobacco products and one thousand (1000) cigarettes (five (5) cartons), not more than two hundred (200) of which acquired elsewhere than in such locations, within the returning residents tariff exemption from duty and taxes or per bona fide importer/exporter that can be imported into Guam via the entry means identified in § 6601(b)(1)(A) exemptions per month. This exemption shall be applied to all air and ocean passengers, to include any airline and vessel crewmembers.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-170:1 (Jan. 29, 2007) as § 6600. Amended by P.L. 31-090:2 (Sept. 30, 2011). Renumbered to adhere to the Compiler’s general codification scheme pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

2017 NOTE: Internal reference altered to reflect the renumbering.