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cwenger
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Jul 20, 2013

Taking Wine into Canada

We are on a 49 day caravan in Canada. When we entered New Brunswick, we declared 2 opened 5 liter boxes of wine. It was probably about 4 liters per person. They let us through without paying anything or taking our wine. We knew that we were officially allowed 1.5 liters per person. The 8 liters will not last us 49 days, and we wonder if we could have have taken in five 5 liter boxes (25 liters) and paid duty on the excess. We buy our wine in Maryland for $18 per 5 liter box, and 5 liter boxes in Prince Edward Island go for $43.

Canadian citizens on our caravan tell us that they stock up on US alcohol, pay the duty, and the total price is "less than 1/2" of the cost to buy in Canada. Does anyone know if two US citizens could take in 25 liters, and pay the required duty? If so, how much the duty would be?

I have tried Google searches, but can't find any information about US citizens paying duty on excess wine.

Any applicable experience or website links that would answer these questions would be most appreciated.
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  • bobsinn's avatar
    bobsinn
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2013
    Bumpyroad wrote:
    Ka Ron wrote:
    Here is the second site, that will tell you what the duty will actually be regardless of what province you take it into

    Liquor duty Calculator

    Hope these help


    good grief, a $10 case of beer had over $6.00 of tax.
    bumpy


    A case of beer in Canada is $36 so your still ahead
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2013
    Ka Ron wrote:
    Here is the second site, that will tell you what the duty will actually be regardless of what province you take it into

    Liquor duty Calculator

    Hope these help


    good grief, a $10 case of beer had over $6.00 of tax.
    bumpy
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Jul 21, 2013
    Well if the boxes were open there is virtually no chance you importing for resale.
  • Hikerdogs's avatar
    Hikerdogs
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2013
    I don't know what the duty is for bringing in alcohol, but I do know booze is expnsive in Canada. We usually buy a 1.75 liter bottle of SKYY Vodka for $21.85 at home. A .75 liter bottle costs $27.99 in Canada.
  • jerseyjim's avatar
    jerseyjim
    Explorer
    Jul 21, 2013
    My 3 trips to Canada, at their border check, they always ask about 1)"defensive firearms" and 2)booze. I always answer that we have wine for personal use. That's it.
  • crasster's avatar
    crasster
    Explorer II
    Jul 21, 2013
    LOL. Laws are funny. Take yeast, honey, and in 2 days you can have some meade matey!

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