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Send a gift box to Spain

What you can and can't put in the box, how customs works on the way in, and the rounds that include Spain right now.

Routes to Spain

Customs into Spain

From the EU: none · From the United Kingdom or Ukraine: a declaration

We prepare the declaration with your label, marked as a gift with its value. Spain gives relief on gifts between private people worth up to €45.

What not to put in the box

  • On every route

    • Food and drink
    • Liquids
    • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
    • Aerosols and spray cans
    • Perfume, aftershave and nail polish (flammable)
    • Alcoholic drinks
    • Tobacco and e-cigarettes
    • Lighters, matches and fireworks
    • Cash, banknotes and jewellery
    • Weapons, ammunition and replicas
    • Medicines

  • Into Spain

    • Meat and dairy products from outside the EU
    • Medicines sent by private persons
    • Tobacco
    • Seeds, plants, fruit and flowers without a plant health certificate
    • Counterfeit goods
    • Protected animal and plant species (CITES) without a permit
    • Weapons, drugs and explosives
See the rules

About Spain

  • Capital Madrid
  • Speaks Spanish

How gifts are given here

In Spain the Three Kings bring the presents, on the night of 5 January. Children leave their shoes out, often with some water for the camels.

Say thank you

Gracias

say it GRAH-thyahs

Write it on the card in your box.

Open rounds that include Spain

Each round names the countries it is open to. The ring decides where your box goes.

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0 of 20 spots taken
Stickers worth sharing
Closes Nov 30
Parcel S · up to 500 g
Gift you'd be glad to get yourself
Look inside
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11 of 20 spots taken
A book you've finished
Closes Dec 30
Parcel S · up to 500 g
Gift about €12
Look inside
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14 of 20 spots taken
Something from your city
Closes Dec 30
Parcel S · up to 500 g
Gift about €15
Look inside

Boxes that arrived in Spain

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A stack of old books from a flea marketNetherlands → SpainOld journals and a bunch of antique keysAustria → Spain

Somebody in Spain is waiting for a parcel.

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Rules last checked 19 Oct 2026. The national post and customs authority have the final word. Sources: sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es, sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es.