Can I bring Gold and Precious Metals to Italy?
Gold and Precious Metals→Italy
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⚠️ Declaration Required
⚠️ Declaration Required
📋 Carrying Limits
- Quantity Limit:Gold counts as cash: gold coins with a gold content of at least 90%, and gold bars, nuggets or clumps with a gold content of at least 99.5%. Declare at EUR 10,000 or more in total
✅ Declaration Requirements
✅Required
📌 Quick Summary
Status:⚠️ ⚠️ Declaration Required
Limit:Gold counts as cash: gold coins with a gold content of at least 90%, and gold bars, nuggets or clumps with a gold content of at least 99.5%. Declare at EUR 10,000 or more in total
Declaration:✅ Required
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Last Updated:September 6, 2026
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📝 Important Notes
- •📋 GOLD COUNTS AS CASH IN THE EU: Italy applies the EU cash controls, which since 2021 treat certain gold as cash.
- •📋 Quick Summary:
- •Threshold: all travellers entering or leaving EU territory with EUR 10 000 or more in cash, or its equivalent in other currencies, bonds, shares or traveller's cheques, must complete a cash declaration
- •What counts as cash: banknotes and coins, gold coins with a gold content of at least 90%, and gold bars, nuggets or clumps with a gold content of at least 99.5%
- •If you do not declare: the cash may be detained and you may face penalties
- •Penalties: each EU country can apply its own administrative penalties that are effective, proportionate and dissuasive, which can include significant fines
- •💡 Note:
- •Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 applies from 3 June 2021 and extended the definition of cash from banknotes to include cheques, traveller's cheques, prepaid cards and gold
❓ More Questions
Does gold count toward the EUR 10,000 cash declaration?
Yes. The EU definition of cash includes gold coins with a gold content of at least 90% and gold bars, nuggets or clumps with a gold content of at least 99.5%, alongside banknotes and coins.
What happens if I do not declare gold at the EU border?
The cash may be detained and you may face penalties. Each EU country applies its own administrative penalties, which must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and can include significant fines.
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