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AZ7000
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60 liters of alcohol ?
I think its closer to one per adult 21 or over... not sure exactly
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mojo_norte
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Sorry - that's by air - 1 liter by road
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Complicated answer
California is one liter limit
Other states, other limits
Also, come in by common carrier on the ground you have a different limit.
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A California resident or any other person crossing the international border via common carrier may bring in a reasonable quantity of alcoholic
beverages (up to five cases or 60 liters) provided the beverages are for personal or household use.
https://www.abc.ca.gov/permits/importing.html
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mojo_norte
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So 60 liters.
Non-California residents crossing the international border in a vehicle that is not a common carrier can bring with them a reasonable quantity of
alcoholic beverages (up to five cases or 60 liters) provided the beverages are for personal or household use.
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Tax-Free is the Key
Which is ONE every 31 days. The other 59 would be subject to Federal tax.
[Edited on 2-26-2019 by MrBillM]
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mojo_norte
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So 60 liters.
Non-California residents crossing the international border in a vehicle that is not a common carrier can bring with them a reasonable quantity of
alcoholic beverages (up to five cases or 60 liters) provided the beverages are for personal or household use.
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Why would you want to bring 60 liters of alcohol from Mexico? A liter or 2 of tequila will last me a couple years. Sorry, tequila just isn’t that
good and there are many better whiskeys and liquors in this world that cost lesS and taste better. The cheap tequila is rot gut. The good stuff is
too expensive. The beer and wine not worth bringing home, way better beers and wines available here in the USA.
[Edited on 2-27-2019 by mtgoat666]
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Didn't say I was bringing 60 - After the winter down here I have some residual that I haven't consumed (I over bought at Costco).
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Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  | Why would you want to bring 60 liters of alcohol from Mexico? A liter or 2 of tequila will last me a couple years. Sorry, tequila just isn’t that
good and there are many better whiskeys and liquors in this world that cost lesS and taste better. The cheap tequila is rot gut. The good stuff is
too expensive. The beer and wine not worth bringing home, way better beers and wines available here in the USA.
[Edited on 2-27-2019 by mtgoat666] |
I can certainly understand that someone who drinks wine out of screw cap bottle with a straw likely is not interested in exploring and bringing back
some of the very nice varieties from the Guadalupe Valley. Too bad, they have some very nice options, amongst a lot of fairly pedestrian stuff.
Also, I don't know a US domestic watery brew that I would prefer to a Pacifico, but then my Costco has it at a decent price so no need to make a
border run for that brew.
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| Quote: Originally posted by mojo_norte | | Didn't say I was bringing 60 - After the winter down here I have some residual that I haven't consumed (I over bought at Costco).
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What? You brought it down to drink it?
Drink it! No survivors!
John
[Edited on 2-28-2019 by John Harper]
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Only Watery U.S. Brews ?
While I haven't ever shopped at a U.S. Costco for Beer, I would be surprised to find that their choices are limited to either
Pacifico or watery domestic selections.
That said, Pacifico is an OK (or better) choice (among many Mex brews) when buying in Mexico.
North of the border where Stella Artois, Guinness, Heineken and (less commonly) Steinlager are readily available at the same price
............. Why Bother ?
There is NEVER a (good) reason to drink "watery" (Light) Beer.
Those that I've heard often justify same over caloric content are obviously drinking too much.
[Edited on 2-28-2019 by MrBillM]
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Do they sell Oban in Mexico? If so I would be inclined to import my 1 liter CA resident quota...
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| Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner | Complicated answer
California is one liter limit
Other states, other limits
Also, come in by common carrier on the ground you have a different limit. |
When I had South Dakota plates and a South Dakota DL, I asked the guy at the gate how much I could bring back, because I had heard it's the amount
that your state allows. This was at an AZ crossing. He said it didn't matter; one liter by road is all they allow. Period.
This was only about 4-5 years ago, not ancient history.
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Hook - Ran into that problem crossing at San Ysidro a few years ago while bringing beer into the US. In secondary talked to several CBP agents
including the on-duty port supervisor. About 6 agents, including the port supervisor gave different answers to the same question regarding alcohol
imports. Best bet is to print out the CBP regs and the California ABC regs and have them with you
| Quote: Originally posted by Hook | | Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner | Complicated answer
California is one liter limit
Other states, other limits
Also, come in by common carrier on the ground you have a different limit. |
When I had South Dakota plates and a South Dakota DL, I asked the guy at the gate how much I could bring back, because I had heard it's the amount
that your state allows. This was at an AZ crossing. He said it didn't matter; one liter by road is all they allow. Period.
This was only about 4-5 years ago, not ancient history. |
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I have had my few cans of beer, over the personal limit of 3, taken at the border. 1 liter is all you are allowed. At least for California residents.
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John Harper
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| Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM |
North of the border where Stella Artois, Guinness, Heineken and (less commonly) Steinlager are readily available at the same price
............. Why Bother ? |
Don't forget St. Pauli Girl, my personal favorite.
John
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I thought for sure that someone would mention Rolling Rock! LOL
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Baja has some excellent craft beer and wine you can't get in the US.
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I would like to throw in my two centavos on this one since I was one of the non-California residents that were busted for bringing a case of wine into
California (AND declaring it).
In my instance, I have a non-California driver's lic. and a non-California license plates.
I was pulled into secondary (with my SENTRI pass). My wife and I were made to sit in detention in the CBP office for 3 hours and not allowed to leave
the room to go to the bathroom.
The CBP officers ran a security investigation on the two of us. After the 3 hours we were told that we could only bring on liter per person and was
told that we had to return the other 10 bottles back to Mexico before we were allowed on our journey. We temporarily lost our SENTRI passes until we
visited with a CBP supervisor 6 weeks later.
We had in our possession a copy of the above-printed document that Bajagrouper cites. I also took that same copy to the supervisor appointment.
His explanation is that the above document is subject to interpretation by the officers reading it, and that the word "IMPORTATION" is also subject to
interpretation.
In the end, we received our SENTRI passes back, with a black mark on our border crossing records.
Udo
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