27 CFR § 28.143 - Containers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s28.143"
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title: "27 CFR § 28.143 - Containers."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "28.143"
section_name: "Containers."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "28"
part_name: "EXPORTATION OF ALCOHOL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "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, 5041, 5051, 5054, 5061, 5121, 5122, 5201, 5205, 5207, 5232, 5273, 5301, 5313, 5555, 6109, 6302, 7805; 27 U.S.C. 203, 205; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "25 FR 5734, June 23, 1960, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. TTB-8, 69 FR 3834, Jan. 27, 2004"
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# 28.143 Containers.

(a) *Beer.* Beer being exported, used as supplies on vessels and aircraft, or transferred to and deposited in a foreign-trade zone, without payment of tax, may be removed in bottles, kegs, or bulk containers.

(b) *Beer concentrate.* Concentrate may not be removed for export, or for transfer to and deposit in a foreign-trade zone, in containers of the kind ordinarily used by brewers for the removal of beer for consumption or sale.