Duty Free Alcohol into Australia

[Flashback]

Does the limits apply to bottles bought at retail? I mean, if you bought a nice bottle of booze at a liquor store and had opened it and consumed some, does the portion remaining get included in the limit?

I don't think you'd get away with filling your bags with bottles that have had a nip or two taken out first, nor do I think that you'd be saving any money either.
And I don't think you could do the same with anything bought DF and then opened before you declared at Customs either - I think you'd get charged the full duty amount wouldn't you?

But if you had spent some money on getting something that was hard to find and you had opened it, it would be a shame to have to throw it away.....if you can show the receipt to prove you had bought it legitimately....would there be a problem with 1 extra bottle?

Am interested to hear if someone has experienced this situation?

Even a 'half consumed' bottle is counted as the full amount the bottle states on it. So yes, there would be a problem.

 

[JohnK]

Even a 'half consumed' bottle is counted as the full amount the bottle states on it. So yes, there would be a problem.

Funny thing happened to me once. Coming back into Australia I had bought my limit of duty free in SYD. I then got selected for secondary and forgot that I had 4-5 miniature bottles of alcohol in my suitcase. The guy just smiled at me and asked "From mini bar?" and I said yes.

I don't think they would bother as you wouldn't have a huge quantity of alcohol in miniature bottles unless you had 10-12 of the miniature bottles with you.

 

[medhead]

Even a 'half consumed' bottle is counted as the full amount the bottle states on it. So yes, there would be a problem.

Except it wouldn't be a major problem that involved throwing out the nice bottle of whiskey. If you are over the limit and Customs what to make something out of it, they charge you the duty that would be payable. Then it is up to you, pay the duty or customs takes the grog.