Home › Travel Guides › South America Travel Guide › Surinam › Money & duty free for Surinam

Money & duty free for Surinam

Currency information: 

Surinam Dollar (SRD; symbol S$) = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of S$100, 50, 20, 10 and 5. Coins are in denominations of 250, 100, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.

Credit cards: 

American Express and MasterCard are the most widely accepted credit cards; Diners Club has limited acceptance.

Travellers cheques: 

Must be changed at banks. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take traveller's cheques in Pounds Sterling or US Dollars.

Banking hours: 

Mon-Fri 0730-1400.

Currency restriction: 

The import of local and foreign currency is unlimited, provided amounts in excess of US$10,000 are declared on arrival. Exported currency must not exceed the amount declared on arrival.

Currency exchange: 

Surinam Dollars are the only legal tender; since the introduction of the new monetary system from the former gulden system, gulden coins are still in circulation, but they have been re-valued to a ratio of 1,000 guldens per 1 Surinam Dollar. The Central Bank is authorised to exchange money.

Surinam duty free

The following items may be imported into Surinam without incurring customs duty:

• 200 cigarettes or 200 cigarillos or 20 cigars or 500g of tobacco.
• 1L of spirits, 4L of wine and 8L of beer.
• 50g of perfume and 1L eau de toilette, lotions and eau-de-cologne.
• Other goods for personal use up to the value of US$500.

Banned imports: 

Fruit (except a reasonable quantity from The Netherlands), vegetables, coffee, plants, roots, bulbs, cocoa, rice, fish, meat and meat products (unless a valid health certificate is shown).

Recommended Sites:

Protect yourself from malaria
Before you travel, find out if your holiday destination is in a malaria zone.
(An educational initiative organised and funded by GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health. UK/MARK/0173/10 September 2010)
Travel insurance
For residents of over 150 countries. High levels of medical, evacuation, emergency & most adventure activities covered.