Customs Declaration

[BlackKeno at AOL.COM]

So far here in Las Vegas, I've never had a problem getting a  shipment.  A 
couple times I was asked to pay the duty but that I don't mind  as long as I get 
my malt!  IIRC, once I was asked to pay a very small  duty (plus huge 
surcharge for a customs broker) and they ended up just  sending it to me without 
requiring payment.
 
There have been two different problems though.  When I've shipped  single 
bottles to friends in Europe, it's quite pricey.  My last bottle  cost about $130 
to ship using DHL (the only carrier I could find that would ship  spirits).  
The more frustrating problem is Retailers in Europe not being  willing to ship 
to me because of misunderstanding of Nevada's  laws.  I went to far as to 
email copies of the "Nevada Revised Statutes"  that apply to spirit "imports" to 
our state, including the website where the  statutes are located and the email 
address of the supervisor of taxation  who said she would be nice enough to 
confirm that we can bring in one gallon per  month.  The response was "our 
carriers have determined it's not  allowed..."
 
Your friend,
John
 
In a message dated 6/22/2006 2:43:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
rattraprat at AOL.COM writes:

This is where it becomes a problem as post  vs. private carriers (ups, dhl, 
etc) is usually less than half price for  airmail.  It can be an absolutely 
staggering sum for even a few bottles  (maybe 6kg), and you still have a customs 
risk to ship to  america.

Anecdotally, I have had a few boxes that were coming via US  Post from abroad 
vanish without a trace this year (beer and whisky), but I  have also had 2 
bottles of whisky (1 quite rare) arrive opened (the  bottle).  These were from 
very reputable sellers, and the packaging had  obvoiusly been retaped.  
Obviously I was fortunate the post didn't just  keep them, but still...

Lewis Cook wrote on  6/22/2006, 9:44 AM:  

the us mail on the other hand  has an absolute prohibition against mailing 
anything containing any form of  alcohol so they are generally the ones who 
confiscate whisky.  the  origin of the package doesn't matter if the us mail 
detects it they  confiscate it. 

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