Shipping in beer from the US

Stroonze · Post by **Stroonze** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:13 pm

Has anyone here ever done this before? If so which courier service did you use to broker it? Thanks.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:25 pm

I've done it many times. I assume it is coming from a person and not a business? I use FedEx. Be careful with the customs forms. Make sure the sender doesn't declare it as beer.

Stroonze · Post by **Stroonze** » Thu May 03, 2012 4:29 pm

It would be coming from a business in the states. I called the border services and they told me what the duty would be based on the value of the shipment but said that i would need a courier service on the canadian side to broker the deal that would ship alcohol.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Thu May 03, 2012 5:10 pm

Stroonze wrote:It would be coming from a business in the states. I called the border services and they told me what the duty would be based on the value of the shipment but said that i would need a courier service on the canadian side to broker the deal that would ship alcohol.

It will cost you an arm and a leg. Seriously. Expect to pay duty of about 33% of the total cost of the beer (including shipping). In addition, you will pay $40-$45 in brokerage fees to whoever is brokering the shipment for you.

So, lets say you have $100 worth of beer. Your all in cost for the beer will end up being about $200 (beer + shipping + duty + brokerage). I hope this is good beer.

grub · Post by **grub** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:28 pm

alternately, if you've got a car (or occasional access to one), ship it to CBIUSA in buffalo and pick it up. cost is $5.95 for anything smaller than a pallet, held indefinitely. generally the cost savings vs crossing the border is much more than the $5.95, plus you avoid all the misery of customs/borkers and/or lying and hoping you don't get caught.

other option (if it's a business that refuses to lie on the customs forms, which i'd think most would) is to have a friend in the states act as an intermediary. should be as simple as them accepting the box and attaching the new shipping label+customs forms and dropping at fedex. i've got a friend who has one this occasionally.

Stroonze · Post by **Stroonze** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:36 pm

Thanks, another member suggested that and i am looking into it right now. I think im just going to head down to buffalo over the long weekend and hope that the new premier is open.