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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
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 11:55:58 1985
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> 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.
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Dan Winkowski @ SUNY Buffalo Computer Science (716-636-2879)
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