New Age Duty Free

[Ulf Buxrud]

Hello Arve and Dave
 
I know that Iceland introduced this concept decades ago and should have 
mentioned it in my note. 
 
I was not aware that the European NON-Euroland countries such as Turkey and 
Norway recently followed this path. Thanks for up-dating me.
 
and Davin,

snip . . .'LCBO brags about being the second largest buyer
of beverage alcohol in the world (Costco is first) but their selection
is absolutely abysmal...

I agree that the Costco selection is not exiting (I do shop there) however 
they are very competive pricewise for surviving the day when it comes to 
alcohol.
 
I am pretty sure that the Swedish Wine and Spirit monopoly is one of the 
largest buyer, larger than Costco and perhaps also LCBO. If you add 
production they are the largest handler of alcohol in the world (owns the 
Absolut brand).
 
snip ...'but here in Canada where the government controls it (except in 
Alberta & a bit in BC) it would be completely hopeless... 

We have the same structure in Sweden (Norway and Finland) but this is not 
dictated by economic factors they are simply political ones formulated by 
the tetotalers organisations. There is no proven loss by changing from 
selling at arrival instead of departure. It is a win win situation for all 
parties concerned.  

Ulf   
 
 
 
 
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: arve at LERVIK.ORG
To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:52:19 +0200
Subject: Re: New Age Duty Free


Quoting Ulf Buxrud <ulf at BUXRUD.SE>:

> I have for the last 15 years or so been lobbying for a system where the 
'tax
> free' or 'dicsounted' alcohol should be purchased upon arrival and not on
> departure.
>
> Upon arrival at international airports one is still in a transit area 
equal
> to the one from which departure occurs. So from a 'economical/political'
> pont wiew there is no difference.
>
> Further, keep in mind that all intra European air transports does not any
> longer offer 'tax free' purchases. The price level at the airports offered
> to intra European travellers are at least at par with shops outside the
> airport or HIGHER.

There are currently three countries in Europe that allow proper 
tax-freeshopping
upon arrival. All three are non-EU - Norway, Iceland and Turkey.

Upon arrival you present your ticketstub (E-ticket receipt or other travel
documents) in the till when paying for the goods. In Norway you can 
(currently,
might change in the near future) only shop up to the duty-free allowence (1
litre of spirits, 1.5 litres of wine and 2 litres of beer) - I don't know if
Iceland or Turkey has litmits like this.

Best regards
Arve M Lervik
Norwegian Malt Whisky Society
(and tax-free employee)

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