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Section 107
Keep in mind that duty on alcohol is based on quantity of alcohol by volume, not what the traveler paid for contents (unless it appears that one is importing the alcohol for business/commercial purposes and not for personal consumption). One of my best friends recently brought 2 dozen bottles back to the US from Europe and had no issues.
Understood - and the limit is 1l/person. 24 bottles is well above that limit, obviously (unless the travel party was ~18 people) so that's a positive sign.
(I guess I should ask separately - I've always assumed that the volume refers to the alcoholic beverage, not the actual alcohol content, which for wine is around 1/7 or 1/8 the bottle volume and hard liquor typically about 40%)