flying internationally with cigars

[loki]

My wife and I are going to Jamaica for our honeymoon and with this being my first time flying internationally I've got no idea how these things work. I've got my 15 count loaded with cigars and now I'm thinking....can I take cigars into the country, if so how many? I don't want to get there and have them take my cigars.

i know coming back into the us the no cubans thing, one bottle of booze without being taxed....I'm not worried about that.

[Don Fernando]

http://jamaica.visahq.com/customs/

[kydsid]

If you like Jamaican rum bring as much as you can back with you. The taxes on a bottle of 40 proof rum are only a couple bucks for each bottle over your limit.

Your limit before taxes is two by the way since you and your wife are flying. :)

[loki]

http://jamaica.visahq.com/customs/

i knew I liked you :banger time to repack

[Don Fernando]

i knew I liked you :banger time to repack

unpack all your indecent and obscene prints? :D

Prohibited items are absolutely forbidden from entering Jamaica, some of which include:
Indecent and obscene prints

Indecent and obscene prints, paintings, photographs, cinematograph films, lithographs, engravings, books, cards or written communications or any indecent or obscene articles whether similar to the above or not and any parcels, packages or packets having thereon, or on the cover thereof, any words, marks or designs which are grossly offensive or of an indecent or obscene character. :r

[loki]

unpack all your indecent and obscene prints? :D

:r

hope they don't search my hard drive :r

[Big_Ern]

just make sure that you do not have Cubans and you should be fine. I had to throw out lighters, pop,2 bottles of liquor, 3 bottles of champagne. make sure you put that kind of stuff in the checked luggage. I flew there with more than 25 cigars, A tiny humidor jar, a cutter all in my carry on and they didn't even bother me. :2

[loki]

just make sure that you do not have Cubans and you should be fine. I had to throw out lighters, pop,2 bottles of liquor, 3 bottles of champagne. make sure you put that kind of stuff in the checked luggage. I flew there with more than 25 cigars, A tiny humidor jar, a cutter all in my carry on and they didn't even bother me. :2

well i won't be coming back to the us with any....does jamican customs really care if you bring cubans with you?

[mosesbotbol]

Put your cigars and tools in your check-in luggage. No worries and enjoy your trip. If you are going to a resort, wait until you're there before buying native smokeables.

[loki]

Put your cigars and tools in your check-in luggage. No worries and enjoy your trip. If you are going to a resort, wait until you're there before buying native smokeables.

cigars in checked luggage? sounds like a good way for them to go mia....things that always go in my carry on, cigars, valuables, electronics

[Samsquanch]

If you are going to a resort, wait until you're there before buying native smokeables.

Hmmm, I wonder what else there would be to smoke in Jamaica :D

[Don Fernando]

Put your cigars and tools in your check-in luggage. No worries and enjoy your trip. If you are going to a resort, wait until you're there before buying native smokeables.

I always put my cigars in my carry-on. The lighter and the cutter go in checked luggage.

[mosesbotbol]

cigars in checked luggage? sounds like a good way for them to go mia....things that always go in my carry on, cigars, valuables, electronics

There's little checking of luggage or stealing of a couple cigars leaving the USA. The original poster is worried about the process, so checking them in with your luggage is easier. Would I check-in my Vacheron or ThinkPad? Probably not.

[jkim05]

well i won't be coming back to the us with any....does jamican customs really care if you bring cubans with you?

Why would they care where your cigars are from? They just wanna see if you're trying to introduce non-native flora/fauna or to see if you're attempting to avoid paying import duties on goods beyond your personal exemption. Check them or carry them on, it doesn't really matter.

[Big_Ern]

not the Jamaicans but US immigration or maybe it was me they liked to harass. ;s for the confusion

[loki]

not the Jamaicans but US immigration or maybe it was me they liked to harass. ;s for the confusion

yeah there will be no cubans brought back to the us, i don't want to roll those dice. However, there maybe a few that are stuck down at the bottom of the travel humidor

[Don Fernando]

dude, I brought a whole box into the US last year, no sweat. At Atlanta one customs guy asked Simon about his cigars, Simon just said "non Cubans" and that was all. He didn't even had to unpack them.

[SmokeyNL]

Have flown to the states with 4 boxes of CC's in my luggage and all they took was my lighter. You worry way too much Kevin.

[loki]

Have flown to the states with 4 boxes of CC's in my luggage and all they took was my lighter. You worry way too much Kevin.

yeah I've been told that before. Just wanted to get my ducks in a row :tu

[nofeardiver]

hey have fun either way good luck, i wouldnt take an expensive lighter or cutter but thats just my 2 cents..

[HK3-]

I just got back from Jamaica yesterday. I didn't take any cigars with me.... dumb idea on my part. 98% of the CC's sold there are fake and most are beetle infested. I took some good photos of the cigars they were trying to sell me. Ha! I enjoyed looking through all the fakes and hearing "how great they are." The prices were for the real deal but they were definately the shat of the shat. I did smoke a few Jamaican sticks which were really light and not real spectacular in taste. But, they weren't overpriced either. :tu

Snagged two bottles of the rum for home. A reserve and a 12 year. Have a great trip and prepared to be annoyed by the locals when you leave your resort. EVERYONE wants a tip for NOTHING. Yeah Mon!

Have a great trip!

[loki]

I just got back from Jamaica yesterday. I didn't take any cigars with me.... dumb idea on my part. 98% of the CC's sold there are fake and most are beetle infested. I took some good photos of the cigars they were trying to sell me. Ha! I enjoyed looking through all the fakes and hearing "how great they are." The prices were for the real deal but they were definately the shat of the shat. I did smoke a few Jamaican sticks which were really light and not real spectacular in taste. But, they weren't overpriced either. :tu

Snagged two bottles of the rum for home. A reserve and a 12 year. Have a great trip and prepared to be annoyed by the locals when you leave your resort. EVERYONE wants a tip for NOTHING. Yeah Mon!

Have a great trip!

the only off resort thing we're doing is dunns river falls and dolphin cove. I assumed that the cigars would be ****. I'm really excited for the trip...I wonder what the import tax on booze is

[kydsid]

the only off resort thing we're doing is dunns river falls and dolphin cove. I assumed that the cigars would be ****. I'm really excited for the trip...I wonder what the import tax on booze is

Alcohol is taxed on its percentage of alcohol.

A 80 proof bottle of hard liquor is approx. $2.15.

Beer and wine are different: 12 oz can of beer is $0.05 and wine is approx $0.21 for a 750ml bottle unless it has a really high alcohol content as wine has a tax strata based on content.

There is no Federal limit on the amount of alcohol you may enter the country with. Although if you bring a pallet back Customs might declare you a commercial importer. ;)






Keep in mind you also have to comply with your states requirements. This though is the state at which you make entry into the US. So Florida if you return via Miami International. Most State Alcohol Boards have exemptions for non-residents, but you should make sure. Texas for instance only allows a resident to bring one bottle if using the land border, and some weird one for air travel. Our ABC Board has people on the border crossings, no idea about airports but yet another reason I never enter the country at Houston or Dallas. ;)

[loki]

thanks jason. We're coming back into the us via atlanta

[HK3-]

thanks jason. We're coming back into the us via atlanta

Just a heads up... they had a new procedure when we flew back into ATL. Once you clear customs and get your bags you must PUT YOUR BOOZE into your luggage (they wont allow you to carry it even if you bought it from the duty free) and hand it over to a guy who you hope will not throw your bag back onto the belt. It is then put on the outside cart where they haul it back to the main terminal (T I believe) and you have to wait again for it on the belt.

Really stupid procedure I thought... I was pretty sure they were going to break my bottles but luckily they did not. I just dont get why they wouldn't let me carry it with me like I did on the plane :confused:

[Don Fernando]

yeah, I had that same thing happen at ATL last year too. Bought a bottle of Havana Club at Amsterdam airport, had it in my carry on for the intercontinental flight, but I had to put it in my checked luggage for the flight from ATL to Orlando

[kydsid]

You can thank TSA and the airlines for that one. They can't stop carry on liquids on international flights so they implemented that so that anyone continuing on a domestic flight won't run into problems.

[SmokeyNL]

yeah, I had that same thing happen at ATL last year too. Bought a bottle of Havana Club at Amsterdam airport, had it in my carry on for the intercontinental flight, but I had to put it in my checked luggage for the flight from ATL to Orlando

Same here :D though honnestly, noone seemed to care about rum or cigars when we entered the US, they looked for bombs, drugs, agricultural products (even had small dogs sniffing those out, so I asked the handler and told him the dog may smell my cigars, the guy looked at me and asked what country those were from, I said nicaragua and that was it.)