Re:Svalbard's Alcohol Quotas
by jhugo on Friday April 02, 2021 @07:45AM
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> Mainland Norway definitely doesn't have quotas like this; rather alcohol is simply made to be quite expensive.
If you don't mind the higher price I'm sure you can still import it as long as you pay the duty. (The linked page merely says that you cannot import tax-free.) So ultimately it's the same situation as in (the rest of) Norway, but with some small allowance of cheaper tax-free alcohol. If they didn't have the quotas, people would arbitrage it.
Re:Svalbard's Alcohol Quotas
by kmonsen on Friday April 02, 2021 @09:15PM
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Well, officially no. I remember outside Trondheim were they would only sell half cups of coffee (the implication being you would fill the rest with your home distilled liquor).
If you don't mind the higher price I'm sure you can still import it as long as you pay the duty. (The linked page merely says that you cannot import tax-free.) So ultimately it's the same situation as in (the rest of) Norway, but with some small allowance of cheaper tax-free alcohol. If they didn't have the quotas, people would arbitrage it.