27 CFR § 27.1 - Imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer.

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title: "27 CFR § 27.1 - Imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "27.1"
section_name: "Imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_number: "27"
part_name: "IMPORTATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a), 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1202; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5051, 5054, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5201, 5205, 5207, 5232, 5273, 5301, 5313, 5382, 5555, 6038E, 6065, 6109, 6302, 7805."
regulatory_source: "20 FR 3561, May 21, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-479, 67 FR 30799, May 8, 2002."
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# 27.1 Imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer.

This part, “Importation of Distilled Spirits, Wines, and Beer”, contains procedural and substantive requirements relative to the importation of distilled spirits, wines, and beer into the United States from foreign countries including commodity taxes, permits, marking, branding, closing and labeling of containers and packages, and records and reports.

Distilled spirits, wines, and beer arriving in the United States from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are governed by the provisions of part 26 of this chapter.

[T.D. ATF-206, 50 FR 23955, June 7, 1985, as amended by T.D. ATF-459, 66 FR 38550, July 25, 2001; T.D. TTB-79, 74 FR 37406, July 28, 2009]