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John Lee
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OK, So which is it 1 liter or 2 liters allowed per person across the border?
Crossed back into the US and the border crossing authority/agent told me I could only take one liter per person back into the US. I always thought it
was 2 liters per person. Where did I get that? Am I wrong? He let me keep them but was very firm that I was wrong.
[Edited on 9-28-2005 by John Lee]
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Where did you cross?
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Last time through Tijuana we had two bottles per adult and a few for the kids. The nice officer told us that we were only allowed one liter per adult
but let us through anyway.
When he first asked "Do you have anything to declare ?", my 4 year old asked "What does that mean ?" The officer said "Did you buy anything in Baja to
bring home ?"
My four year old replied " I got lot's of presents and my dad bought lot's of cigars...........". Luckily they were Mexican, not Cuban, but he did
give my an interesting look for a minute there. Loud mouth kid !!
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Duct tape does wonders....
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Get EVEN.
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My wife will let me use duct tape for anything else but the kids.
I too, thought it was a worthy solution. 
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For California residents it is one litre booze, or 3 beers per person... isn't that a shame!
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Well glad to see that I didn't push it. All this time I thought it was 2 liters per person. Next time I will not push my luck. Silly me. I guess
I've gotten away with 2 per person for too long. Oh well, threre goes my tequila stash. I'll either have to go to Baja more often or drink less
tequila. The later would be healthier but the former would be much more fun.
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roundtuit
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One liter by car two by plane
Liquors like kahula is double as it is a liquor
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TJ/SY crossing
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customs rules don't change entering by plane vs car. its still one liter per human bean.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by roundtuit
Liquors like kahula is double as it is a liquor |
I'm not aware of that being the case - but I haven't
brought any Kahlua back in a while (still have a half-full bottle).
To the best of my knowledge it's up to 1 liter of an alcoholic beverages, regardless of the "proof." So if it's beer, it's one liter (or say, no more
than 3-300ml bottles - or 1 ballena/caguama), and if it's tequila it's still no more than 1 liter. I would think the same for Kahlua as well.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/dutyfree_exe...
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Always been 1 liter per person, as long as I have been going....which was around 1969 as a 3-year old. Of course I did not count as a 'person' so my
mom and dad could still only bring 2 liters across
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Here are the actual rules from customs...end speculation!!!!
Customs - General Rules & Regulations
Alcoholic Beverages: One liter (33.8 fl. oz.) of alcoholic beverages may be included in your exemption if:
You are 21 years old.
It is for your own use or as a gift.
It does not violate the laws of the state in which you arrive.
Federal regulations allow you to bring back more than one liter of alcoholic beverage for personal use, but, as with extra tobacco, you will have to
pay duty and Internal Revenue Service tax.
While federal regulations do not specify a limit on the amount of alcohol you may bring back for personal use, unusual quantities are liable to raise
suspicions that you are importing the alcohol for other purposes, such as for resale. Customs officers are authorized by Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
(ATF) make on the spot determinations that an importation is for commercial purposes, and may require you to obtain a permit to import the alcohol
before releasing it to you. If you intend to bring back a substantial quantity of alcohol for your personal use, you should contact the Customs port
you will be re-entering the country through, and make prior arrangements for entering the alcohol into the U.S. Having said that, you should be aware
that ?
State laws may limit the amount of alcohol you can bring in without a license. If you arrive in a state that has limitations on the amount of alcohol
you may bring in without a license, that state law will be enforced by Customs, even though it may be more restrictive then Federal regulations. We
recommend that you check with the state government before you go abroad about their limitations on quantities allowed for personal importation and
additional state taxes that might apply.
In brief, for both alcohol and tobacco, the quantities discussed in this booklet as being eligible for duty-free treatment may be included in your
$400 (or $600 or $1,200) exemption, just as any other purchase would be. But unlike other kinds of merchandise, amounts beyond those discussed here as
being duty-free are taxed, even if you have not exceeded, or even met, your personal exemption. For example, if your exemption is $400 and you bring
back three liters of wine and nothing else, two of those liters will be dutiable. Federal law prohibits shipping alcoholic beverages by mail within
the United States.
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Figures, it's a Kalibfornia rule......
.....I seem to recall that crossing at Nogales, it was two liters.
Ain't NAFTA great? Look at how it has freed up trade on the average person.......gasoline in jugs, alcohol, simple building supplies.
Another federal law that only favors big business.
[Edited on 9-29-2005 by Hook]
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That was why I asked where he crossed. I flew into Phoenix one time and they took away a bottle of Kahlua.
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From the CBP website.
Alcoholic Beverages: One liter (33.8 fl. oz.) of alcoholic beverages may be included in your exemption if:
* You are 21 years old.
* It is for your own use or as a gift.
* It does not violate the laws of the state in which you arrive.
Illustration of a bottle of wine
Federal regulations allow you to bring back more than one liter of alcoholic beverage for personal use, but, as with extra tobacco, you will have to
pay duty and Internal Revenue Service tax.
While Federal regulations do not specify a limit on the amount of alcohol you may bring back for personal use, unusual quantities are liable to raise
suspicions that you are importing the alcohol for other purposes, such as for resale. CBP officers are authorized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make on-the-spot determinations that an importation is for commercial purposes, and may require you to obtain a
permit to import the alcohol before releasing it to you. If you intend to bring back a substantial quantity of alcohol for your personal use, you
should contact the port through which you will be re-entering the country, and make prior arrangements for entering the alcohol into the United
States.
Also, you should be aware that state laws might limit the amount of alcohol you can bring in without a license. If you arrive in a state that has
limitations on the amount of alcohol you may bring in without a license, that state law will be enforced by CBP, even though it may be more
restrictive than federal regulations. We recommend that you check with the state government before you go abroad about their limitations on quantities
allowed for personal importation and additional state taxes that might apply.
In brief, for both alcohol and tobacco, the quantities discussed in this booklet as being eligible for duty-free treatment may be included in your
$800 or $1,600 exemption, just as any other purchase would be. But unlike other kinds of merchandise, amounts beyond those discussed here as being
duty-free are taxed, even if you have not exceeded, or even met, your personal exemption. For example, if your exemption is $800 and you bring back
three liters of wine and nothing else, two of those liters will be dutiable. Federal law prohibits shipping alcoholic beverages by mail within the
United States.
I beliebe Calif law prohibits more than 1 liter with a state import lisence
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Why is there any limit at all? The Free Trade Agreement ought to trickle down to booze.
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Customs also has an exemption to the 1 liter rule if arriving by common carrier. Check the customs website. Anything past the 1 liter amount is
subject to duty. We have often flown in from Nicaragua with 8 bottles of eight year old Flor de Cana rum...declared it...and have never had to pay
duty! Go figure...it's a little like Mexico...depends upon the customs agent that you end up with.
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I looked into this in depth one time because I was doing some cursory planning for a wine tour bus trip. In CALIFORNIA there are laws protecting our
wine industry. So regardless of whether or not you can pay duty on goods over the duty-free dollar limit, in California, it's still just one litre
per person. I believe if you cross into other states or fly into other states you can declare more alcoholic beverages and pay duty. You pay more
duty on liquors than spirits, and less on wine and beer. There's a whole list of the duty amounts per type of alcohol.
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Taco de Baja
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So anyone know what the duties are?
Are they based on the purchase price? or based on the type?
I.e. $1.00/bottle for hard liquor, $0.50/liter wine, $0.10/serving of beer
or just a simple formula of 10% of the price paid?
And who the heck gets the money?
Maybe it's simpler to just go to the Duty Free shop just across the border......
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