Duty Free Shopping

[warrenite]

Hi, we are planing a trip to WDW this May and have a couple of questions about duty free shopping.

We will be flying from Northern Ontario to orlando then enjoying the "Land&Sea" trip.

I see that the ship has a US duty free store, how does this apply to us Canadians? Can I shop at this store then also shop at the duty free on the flight back home? Some of the prices seem nice and low!

Thanks,

John

 

[highland3]

You can shop as many times as you want at duty free... as long as you don't exceed your limits.

From CBSA http://www.cbsa.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5056-eng.html#P025 :

After each absence of 7 days or more
You can claim up to CAN$750 worth of goods without paying any duties. Although you can include some tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, a partial exemption may apply to cigarettes, tobacco products or manufactured tobacco. See the section called "Alcohol and tobacco" for more details. With the exception of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, you do not need to have the goods with you when you arrive.

To calculate the number of days you have been absent, do not include the date you left Canada but include the date you returned. Dates matter, not times. For example, we consider you to have been absent seven days if you left Friday the 7th and returned Friday the 14th.

You are allowed to import only one of the following amounts of alcohol free of duty and taxes:

1.5 litres (53 imperial ounces) of wine;
1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor;
a total of 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of wine and liquor; or
24 x 355 millilitre (12 ounces) cans or bottles (maximum of 8.5 litres) of beer or ale.

Tobacco products
You are allowed to bring in all of the following amounts of tobacco into Canada without paying duty:

200 cigarettes;
50 cigars or cigarillos;
200 grams (7 ounces) of manufactured tobacco; and
200 tobacco sticks.