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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 12:57 pm
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Originally Posted by BLI-Flyer
My wife and I recently brought back seven bottles of wine from Argentina in our checked luggage. We landed at DFW, declared all of them, and were just waved through customs.
My husband and I bring scotch whisky home from the UK all the time. Even when I'm traveling by myself and bring 4 bottles in I always get waved through- this has been at EWR, DFW and ORD. I always decleare them and occasionally an agent will comment on them ("you know the limit is one liter per person, right?") but have never been charged duty. If I ever get charged, I'll happily pay it.
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