Alcohol regulations in Brunei Darussalam

Licences needed

None available (manufacturing is banned)

Authority

Not applicable

Who can import

Non-Muslim incoming passengers aged 17 and above (for personal consumption only); commercial importation is strictly prohibited

Licences or registrations

None (commercial imports banned; personal imports require a customs declaration at port of entry)

Authority

Royal Customs and Excise Department (Ministry of Finance and Economy)

Documents

Passenger Customs Declaration (via Customs.BN mobile application or physical declaration at customs checkpoint)

Fees

Nil (for eligible passenger concession)

Time to obtain

Immediate upon arrival at border checkpoint

Required

no

Process

Not applicable (commercial import, listing, distribution, and sale are prohibited)

Commercial import is prohibited under the Customs Order, 2006 and Customs (Prohibition and Restriction of Imports and Exports) Order. Non-Muslim travellers aged 17 and above may bring in a duty-free personal concession of up to 2 bottles of liquor/spirits (maximum 1 litre each) or 12 cans of beer (330ml each). Successive personal imports must be at least 48 hours apart. Imported liquor must be declared, kept solely for private consumption at the traveller's residence, and cannot be sold, gifted, or transferred. Commercial courier and postal importation of intoxicating liquor is prohibited.

Commercial imports are prohibited. Customs tariff lists HS 2208 at NIL duty under the Customs Import Duties Order 2007, but commercial clearance is barred. Qualified personal passenger allowance is duty-free.

No commercial excise or sales tax/VAT applies due to the complete commercial ban; passenger concession is duty-free.

Strictly prohibited. No private retail shops, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, or bars are licensed to sell alcohol.

Banned (all commercial alcohol sales, electronic commerce, postal shipments, and deliveries are illegal).

Not applicable (commercial sale and distribution prohibited).

Strictly banned across all media, print, broadcast, digital advertising, and sponsorship pursuant to Islamic law and national broadcasting codes.

None defined in statutory commercial codes; intoxicating liquors are broadly prohibited under the Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013 and Customs regulations without separate commercial definitions for individual spirit categories.

The entire country is dry for commercial trade and public consumption; private consumption is restricted strictly to non-Muslims within private residences.

• Customs enforcement confirmed passenger alcohol concession as an either/or option (up to 2 bottles of liquor or 12 cans of beer) rather than a combined allowance.
• Mandatory digital passenger declarations expanded via the Customs.BN mobile application at entry checkpoints.

There are no commercial opportunities for alcohol or spirits exporters in Brunei Darussalam due to the comprehensive statutory ban on commercial importation, distribution, and sale.

• Royal Customs and Excise Department, Ministry of Finance and Economy
• Ministry of Religious Affairs

1. Royal Customs and Excise Department - Passenger Concession
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brunei - Customs and Imports Duty Guide
3. U.S. International Trade Administration - Brunei Prohibited and Restricted Imports
4. Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013 (S 69/2013)