ic beverages free of duty and taxes, as part of your personal exemption. Note: You must be of legal age in the
province of importation. While you are permitted to import alcoholic beverages in excess of the amounts listed above, you will be responsible for paying duty and taxes on any additional alcoholic bever- ages you import. Tobacco products
If you are 18 years of age or over, you are
allowed to bring in the following amounts of tobacco products into Canada free of duty and taxes within your personal ex- emption. If you exceed your exemption limits you
will have to pay duties, taxes and provin- cial or territorial fees on these products. In addition you will have to pay a special duty on these products unless they have an excise stamp “Duty paid Canada droit acquitté.” You will find Canadian-made products sold at duty-free shops marked this way.
By understanding your personal exemp-
tion limits and not exceeding them, you can help speed your way through customs. Keep a record of your purchases with re- ceipts and have tobacco products readily available for inspection.
Alcoholic beverage limits (While bottle sizes vary, the amounts listed are fixed.) Product Wine
Alcoholic Beverages
Beer or Ale Metric Up to 1.5 litres Up to 1.14 litres Imperial
Up to 53 fluid ounces
Up to 40 fluid ounces
Up to 8.5 litres
Up to 287 fluid ounces
Estimates
Two 750 ml bottles of wine.
One large standard bottle of liquor
Approximately 24 cans or bottles
(355 ml each) of beer or ale.
You are allowed to import only one of the amounts listed in these tables free of duty and taxes, as part of your personal exemption.
Tobacco product limits
Cigarettes Cigars
Tobacco Tobacco sticks
200 cigarettes 50 cigars
200 grams of manufactured tobacco 200 tobacco sticks
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