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Duty Free at DFDS

Purse-friendly prices with DFDS Duty Free!

Discover duty free onboard DFDS Ferries with huge savings on a range of products. Plus, our brand new Dunkerque and Calais Duty Free stores have hundreds of great deals for you to stock up on so it’s easy to fill your boot!

Want to browse and reserve great duty free deals in the comfort of your own home? Use our Reserve & Collect service to shop before you sail and pick up from our Dunkerque Duty Free Store.

You can now save up to 50% versus the UK high street on items such as:

Spirits, wines and beers
Perfumes
Lego
Confectionery

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Dunkerque Duty Free Shop

Visit our Dunkerque Duty Free shop and stock up on Duty Free deals. Park right outside and fill your boot with a range of products with up to 50% versus the UK high street!

Calais Duty Free Shop

Browse our Calais Duty Free Shop and treat yourself to savings of up to 50% vs UK high street. Take your car and fill your boot with great deals.

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Reserve & Collect

Duty Free Shopping couldn’t be easier with our Reserve & Collect service. Select at home, choose a pick up time and collect from our Duty Free stores in Dunkerque or Calais.

Dover - France

Save up to 50% vs the UK high street in our duty free sea shop onboard our Dover – France routes. Treat yourself to big brand savings on products such as cosmetics, perfume and alcohol. Indulge in some retail therapy while en route to your well-deserved trip!

Newhaven - Dieppe

Rediscover duty free when you sail from Newhaven – Dieppe and save up to 50% vs the UK high street. Browse a range of products including premium perfumes, cosmetics and alcohol. With high allowances, you can take advantage of the great deals onboard.

Newcastle - Amsterdam

Set sail from Newcastle to Amsterdam and save up to 50% vs the high street in our duty free sea shop. From whiskies to wine, cosmetics to confectionery, you’ll find hundreds of deals as you browse our onboard shop. Treat yourself, you deserve it!

Duty Free Allowances

DFDS offer unlimited baggage allowance which means you can fill your boots with great duty free deals.

What you can bring back to the UK

18 Litres of wine
42 litres of beer
Up to £390 worth of non-alcoholic goods

For more information on what you can bring into the UK and Europe check out our Duty Free FAQs.

Duty Free Allowances in the UK

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We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who voted and supported us.

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You can enjoy Duty Free shopping onboard our Channel ferries and Amsterdam-Newcastle route as well as in our Calais and Dunkerque port shops, but what does Duty Free mean? It refers to a shopping concept where goods are sold without the inclusion of local taxes and duties. This means that travellers can purchase products at lower prices than they would normally find in high street retail stores.

After Brexit, the duty-free allowance for travellers entering the UK has changed. When travelling back into the UK, the new allowance have increased the amount of goods you’re allowed to bring with you. The new wine Duty Free allowance is up to 18 litres, and beer is 42 litres. You can also bring up to £390 worth of non-alcoholic goods back into the UK and 200 cigarettes or 250g of tobacco. The Duty Free spirit allowance is now up to 4 litres of strong liquor. See a full list of allowances here. DFDS offer unlimited baggage allowance which means you can fill your boots with great Duty Free deals.

Our Dunkerque Duty Free Shop is open daily from 008:00-22:00 French time, and our Calais Duty Free Shop is open 09:30-22:00 French time, with the first floor café being open from 09:00-19:00 French time Monday to Thursday, and 09:00-20:00 Friday & Saturday. We also have onboard shops so you can shop Duty Free on ferry crossings on our Newhaven-Dieppe, Dover-Dunkirk/Calais and Newcastle-Amsterdam routes.

Visit our Duty Free Reserve and Collect site to shop your favourite products from the comfort of your home. They’ll be ready to collect from our Calais or Dunkerque Duty Free Shop when you pass through our port shops on your way back to the UK.  Your items will be waiting for you on a trolley and can be amended before you pay. Reserve and collect currency is either Sterling or Euro Cash (we recommend that you pay sterling cash to guarantee the advertised sterling price). Please note that all cards are processed in Euros. Therefore, you may pay a little more or a little less depending on the euro to sterling conversion rate used by your card provider on the day.

Prices are subject to availability. Telephone booking fees apply. Terms and conditions apply. Some banks may charge a fee when paying in a different currency.