bringing wine into the USA from Canada ?

... I meant to say I know from the US to Canada it's about 90% ....

Steve

steve wrote:

Depends on the where the wine was made I would think. I don't know. I was prepared to pay the duty (and I declared the value) of the case of wine I brought back from Bordeaux last month, but the customs guys didn't even skip a beat waiving me through (although I did have to have my pate inspected by the Dept. of Agriculture rep).

Steve, there is no duty on wine brought into the U.S.

There sure is when bringing it into Canada! Went across after all the hype about Rex Goliath Pinot. Got six bottles and decided to be honest and declare. WRONG move. Caught them on a bad day and I paid about $65 Cdn duty on top of the $7.95 US at the store. I am sipping this wining very slowly. ;-)

All the best,

Larry Southern Ontario

6 cents per litre for still, 9 cents a litre for sparkling. Due to paperwork involved they might (and I stress the word might) charge a bridge fee of $ 5.00 US) in leiu of filling out the forms.. However for personal use I can almost bet you they will pass you through with no charge. Make sure you declare it.

From Victoria BC to Seattle I had 9 bottles of BC wines. It was last ferry of day and customs does have limit they said. However it was something like .03 per bottle over limit.

They did not make me pay.

steve wrote in news:9%xgd.35233$ snipped-for-privacy@news20.bellglobal.com:

This summer we brought about 4 cases of Canadian Wines across to the us.

I believe that we were charged 21 cents a bottle.

If you're bring in wines from some third country, it might cost more.

There seems to be an "unofficial" limit to alcohol brough into the US. I have heard that the allowed amount is 2 bottles per person. This example uses 4 cases of wine...quite a bit more, and therefore a tax was assessed. I recently came back to the US from Italy. I had 6 bottles of wine and a bottle of Grappa (all of which I declared). The customs guy smiled and told me to have a good day...no tax/charge.

I guess the question comes down to "what is too much?"

Chris

The official limit is 1 liter of an alcoholic beverage - they don't distinguish between hard liquor and wine. But the duty is so small (21 cents sounds close to what I remember) and it is per bottle, regardless of the price as long as you don't exceed the $800 total, so they seldom bother collecting.

My experience is in coming back from Europe, but I've never heard of anyone being charged for for 1 case, and I have heard of people bringing in a couple of cases with no problem.

Besides, even if you were unlucky, you end up paying less than $3/case.

Dale M

There are two different issues at work. First what is the federal limit and what is the limit of the state at your port of entry. (The feds will enforce any state regs) The feds have no limit so long as you pay the duty. (We brought

36 bottle back from Australia and paid $20) But sometimes the states have rules. For example if you come into California from Mexico in a private car you can only bring on liter per person-no more even if you're willing to pay the duty. But if you're in a vehicle in interstate commerce (commrcial bus or airplane) there is no limit. So the question becomes, where are you crossing from Canada into the US and what is you method of transportation?

A the joys of government bureaucracies. Bob Foster, San Diego