Post #337622 by leisure master on Wed, Oct 10, 2007 11:47 AM

Bastardo - if you are asking about duty-free limits, they usually relate to how much you bring IN to a country and not how much you bring out. I don't believe there is a restriction on how much you can take out of the US, but you would have to check the customs laws on how much someone can bring into Spain. In addition, if you are talking about getting non-alcoholic items like orgeat, etc., there may be no limits beyond what your friend is willing to carry.

In the US, the limit on bringing in liquor is something like 2 bottles per person, and they don't always enforce the limit. In the past I have brought in much more than that, and even disclosed it on the customs form, and they just waived me through.

Also remember, the "limit" (at least in the US) relates to how much is duty-free, and is not a limit on how much you can bring in. In other words, you can bring as much stuff as you want into the US, but customs has the right to charge you duty on anything more than 2 bottles, and you can keep what you brought (assuming its not a certain cuban rum of course).

People usually take advantage of duty-free because of good prices, but you sound like you want to get some stuff you can't get otherwise, so you may be less sensitive to possibly having duty charged (yes, I know I keep saying duty and I am laughing as I write it).

Anyway, that has been my experience. Hopefully that helps.

I'm not an alcoholic, I'm an enthusiast.

[ Edited by: leisure master 2007-10-10 11:49 ]