Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!sunybcs!lazarus From: lazarus@sunybcs.UUCP (Daniel G. Winkowski) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Re: US/Canada Customs Message-ID: <1290@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 11:55:58 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.1290 Posted: Sat Mar 9 11:55:58 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 05:20:36 EST References: <853@decwrl.UUCP> <1508@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: State University of New York @ Buffalo,NY Lines: 27 > A couple of years ago I visited Canada on an overnight camping trip from > Michigan. My two companions bought two six-packs beer, drinking one and > leaving the second to take back to Michigan with us. On our return to > the US, since my car carried the supplies, I declared one six-pack of beer. > I then found out that you have to be in Canada for at least two days to > be eligible to bring back ANY beer. ... > After a 15 minute delay, we were allowed to leave after > paying a stiff $1.50 duty, making it a very expensive six-pack. And I > don't even drink beer! > Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn I am not sure of the official regulations, but here in Buffalo (near the Peace Bridge), we are allowed 1 case duty free from Canada/trip. I bring beer back every summer, and have never had any time limit problems such as the two days you mentioned. There is a 48 hour time limit for some items, but I do not know if beer is included in that. It may be that because of the amount of US/Canada traffic in the Buffalo area that they don't try to enforce all of the regulations. -- Today we live in the future, Tomorrow we'll live for the moment, But, pray we never live in the past. -------------- Dan Winkowski @ SUNY Buffalo Computer Science (716-636-2879) UUCP: ..![bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath]!sunybcs!lazarus CSNET: lazarus@Buffalo.CSNET ARPA: lazarus%buffalo@CSNET-RELAY