At what point does it become smuggling?

by **GridReaper** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:55 pm

I'm headed back to the U.S. on Monday and I am thinking about stuffing a few six-packs of Chu-hi in my suitcase.

How many can I bring in through U.S. customs without any hassles?

by **FG Lurker** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:41 pm

Google is your friend...

It looks like you get 1 litre max -- not even 3 cans.

Ian

by **Charles** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:09 am

Jeez, I carried 2 shoubin of sake through US customs in an open shopping bag, nobody even looked at it. What's 1 shou, something around 2 liters?

by **FG Lurker** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:12 am

Charles wrote:Jeez, I carried 2 shoubin of sake through US customs in an open shopping bag, nobody even looked at it. What's 1 shou, something around 2 liters?

Guess they didn't realise what it was...

by **Charles** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:31 am

by **Caustic Saint** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:14 am

GridReaper wrote:I'm headed back to the U.S. on Monday and I am thinking about stuffing a few six-packs of Chu-hi in my suitcase.

Not the place to put them. The luggage hold of an airplane isn't pressurized like the cabin is. You're liable to end up with burst cans and sticky luggage if you pack them in your suitcase.

Just carry them on in a bag with some snacks or something.

by **devicenull** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:32 pm

Just carry it through, odds are that they are not going to care. As a minor, I brought in about 10 bottles of good stuff from Taiwan, no one said a thing.

by **Seraphis_Set** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:43 am

by **Bongo** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:28 pm

Your are concerned about a few cans of Chu-Hai.......! :rofl:

Oh, man..I thought you were talking about something worthwhile according to the title.

by **dimwit** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:02 pm

What you are legally allowed to bring in and what they are going to stop you for are two different matters. If they stopped everyone for minor liquor or cigarette violations it would throw flight schedules into chaos, so unless you are being very blatant about flaunting the law, or are carrying a case of high-end French Bordeaux they ain't gonna stop ya.

by **hodensaft** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:51 pm

My favorite experience with customs was on a flight home from Germany a few years back. I'd been studying out that way and was carrying a few bottles of buffalo grass vodka and two bottles of red Hungarian absinthe. Despite absinthe being explicitly forbidden in the US import/export regulations, being only 20, and having my bags physically searched, everything made it through fine. The TSA guys even picked up the green stuff and yelled "Absinthe! Cool!" in a really loud voice.

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:47 am

That probably means absinthe is illegal to sell but not to drink.

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At what point does it become smuggling?

At what point does it become smuggling?

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