Six bottles of 1 liter as long as one is Cruzan.

STT Resident wrote:
Six bottles of 1 liter as long as one is Cruzan.

Sorry to be a pest, but are you sure it's 6 liters and not 6 750ml bottles? Even the AH Riise site says:

Alcoholic Beverages:

U.S. residents 21 years of age and older can return to the mainland with four litres of liquor, duty free. Add a 5th litre duty free if it is a product made in the U.S. Virgin Islands! Compare this to the one-litre-per-person duty free limit outside the U.S. territory, including stores on board cruise ships.

I realize a liquor store's website is not definitive...

http://www.virginislandsthisweek.com/points_of_interest/customs_immigration.html

This link explains how many liters/bottles of liquor you can take home duty-free and any other customs/immigration questions you might have.

Most stores even have special liquor boxes to carry, store, & pack your liquor that you bought.

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/424/kw/how%20many%20bottles%20of%20liquor

Here is another link that might be of help. And if you are still confused, email customs on their page.

When I buy liquor, I buy 5 bottles & 1 Cruzan = 6 bottles. I don't worry about liters.

When I buy cigarettes for friends, I buy 5 cartons. I don't count how many individual cigarettes I am buying.

I just put on the customs form 5 cartons of cigarettes with the estimated value and 6 bottles of liquor with the estimated value.

I keep the receipts in my carry on luggage.

(Whenever I went thru customs, they only asked me how many cartons of cigarettes and how many bottles of liquor. Never was I asked how many individual cigarettes or how many liters of liquor.)

I've only ever taken the 1 liter bottles and nobody has ever opened the boxes to check to make sure I only have the 75 mls!

SeaBreeze19 wrote:
http://www.virginislandsthisweek.com/points_of_interest/customs_immigration.html

This link explains how many liters/bottles of liquor you can take home duty-free and any other customs/immigration questions you might have.

Most stores even have special liquor boxes to carry, store, & pack your liquor that you bought.

Right, that site says:

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Those over 21 may return to the mainland with five .75 liter bottles of liquor, duty-free. You are allowed a sixth bottle, if it is produced in the Virgin Islands such as Cruzan Rum. Duty on bottles over this quota is usually very low so it may be worth it to take more as long as you have the room.
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And as another poster indicates, they're very unlikely to check and complain that you have 1 liter bottles and not 750's, and as yet *another* person indicates (thanks for all the helpful replies, everyone!), if they do point out that you're over your allowance, the actual duty is pretty low (is it 10%?) so it's unlikely to be a financial hardship. I actually have 2 bottles that are 1.75 liters, so I wanted to know what the actual rule was, plus now I'm just curious. I'm guessing that I can safely do 2 more 750 bottles, and would probably be fine with more.

I'll try to search for the actual customs rule/code, but if anyone knows, post a link...

thanks again.

There is seriously too much over thinking going on here. Cram the six-pack container with whatever fits and IF it's opened and IF you have more than you should have it'll cost you all of a couple of dollars. Rest assured that you won't miss your flight, you won't be taken to a side room to be interrogated, your first-born child won't be taken from you and you won't end up in the local clink indefinitely. 😀

SeaBreeze19 wrote:
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/424/kw/how%20many%20bottles%20of%20liquor

Here is another link that might be of help. And if you are still confused, email customs on their page.

The above link is the actual US Customs website page.

If it fits, it ships. Is one way of thinking about it.

I wouldn't worry and don't overthink.

Enjoy your stay!!!!

STT Resident wrote:
There is seriously too much over thinking going on here. Cram the six-pack container with whatever fits and IF it's opened and IF you have more than you should have it'll cost you all of a couple of dollars. Rest assured that you won't miss your flight, you won't be taken to a side room to be interrogated, your first-born child won't be taken from you and you won't end up in the local clink indefinitely. 😀

Agreed, agreed ... I just wanted to know what the actual rule was. I think I may have found something moderately official-looking ... the CBP help site:

The state you arrive in determines the amount of alcohol you can bring back for personal use. As long as the amount does not exceed what that state considers a personal quantity*, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to enter the U.S. with up to five liters of alcohol duty-free as part of your $1,600 exemption - as long as at least four liters were purchased in the insular possession, and at least one of them is a product of that insular possession. Additional bottles will be subject to a flat duty rate of 1.5% and subject to Internal Revenue Service taxes.

thehuges wrote:
Agreed, agreed ... I just wanted to know what the actual rule was. I think I may have found something moderately official-looking ... the CBP help site:

The state you arrive in determines the amount of alcohol you can bring back for personal use. As long as the amount does not exceed what that state considers a personal quantity*, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to enter the U.S. with up to five liters of alcohol duty-free as part of your $1,600 exemption - as long as at least four liters were purchased in the insular possession, and at least one of them is a product of that insular possession. Additional bottles will be subject to a flat duty rate of 1.5% and subject to Internal Revenue Service taxes.

With all due respect, that is the same link I posted to help you! 🙂

You can't get anymore offical than the ACTUAL Customs & Immigration website.

Time for duct tape and nitrous oxide.