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Do you know a lot of places with monthly alcohol purchase quotas?

by axlee 6y ago

jhugo 6y ago
Well, there are not that many tax-free places. If they didn't have quotas, there would no doubt be thriving businesses buying alcohol in Svalbard and selling it in the rest of Norway.
- progre 6y ago
  Transport costs might put a damper on that. Also, it sounds like it would also be subjected to import restrictions, even if it's the same country.
  - jhugo 6y ago
    Smuggling is a thing, though. And transport costs tend to reduce as volume increases, and alcohol is a popular product...
    - progre 6y ago
      Well, if we are talking illegal activities, Norway shares a long, marginally patrolled border with Sweden where alcohol is significantly cheaper. So if you are into smuggeling, I would try that first, before trying to arrange something up in the arctic sea.
      - willowfine 6y ago
        Pre-covid, this was a thriving and mostly legal industry. There are quotas on how much may be imported for personal consumption. Meanwhile, the Swedes go to Denmark for cheap alcohol, the Danes go to Germany, the Germans to Poland and the Poles to Ukraine. Thus Ukraine is the fixed point of the alcohol-flow function. This theorem was proven when I was a PhD student in a research group which contained a Norwegian, a Swede, a German, a Pole and a Ukrainian - we extrapolated the Danish connection point.
vincnetas 6y ago
Qatar has "alcohol license" for residents. Not sure about that but what i heard your employer has to say how much you get to drink. https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/qatar/lifestyle/food-drink/liquor-licence https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/qatar/lifestyle/food-drink/... EDIT: yes article mentions this The letter must be addressed to the Qatar Distribution Company, be stamped and signed by an authorised person within the company, and include the following information: The applicant's position within their company The applicant's basic salary. The word 'basic' must be used. To get a permit a minimum salary is needed (4,000 riyals or 1,100 US dollars) Whether the applicant receives an accommodation entitlement or has free accommodation Whether the applicant is married When applying for a permit an individual must fill in an application form, pay a returnable deposit and state their religion
- shrikant 6y ago
  I remember something like this in Oman as well, back when I lived there in the late 80s/early 90s. Looking at the situation now though, it looks like it might be a very tiny bit more liberal, in that you still need a "personal consumption licence", but the quota appears to have been done away with.

Do you know a lot of places with monthly alcohol purchase quotas?

by axlee 6y ago

Do you know a lot of places with monthly alcohol purchase quotas?

Well, there are not that many tax-free places. If they didn't have quotas, there would no doubt be thriving businesses buying alcohol in Svalbard and selling it in the rest of Norway.

progre 6y ago
Transport costs might put a damper on that. Also, it sounds like it would also be subjected to import restrictions, even if it's the same country.
- jhugo 6y ago
  Smuggling is a thing, though. And transport costs tend to reduce as volume increases, and alcohol is a popular product...
  - progre 6y ago
    Well, if we are talking illegal activities, Norway shares a long, marginally patrolled border with Sweden where alcohol is significantly cheaper. So if you are into smuggeling, I would try that first, before trying to arrange something up in the arctic sea.
    - willowfine 6y ago
      Pre-covid, this was a thriving and mostly legal industry. There are quotas on how much may be imported for personal consumption. Meanwhile, the Swedes go to Denmark for cheap alcohol, the Danes go to Germany, the Germans to Poland and the Poles to Ukraine. Thus Ukraine is the fixed point of the alcohol-flow function. This theorem was proven when I was a PhD student in a research group which contained a Norwegian, a Swede, a German, a Pole and a Ukrainian - we extrapolated the Danish connection point.

vincnetas 6y ago

Qatar has "alcohol license" for residents. Not sure about that but what i heard your employer has to say how much you get to drink. https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/qatar/lifestyle/food-drink/liquor-licence https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/qatar/lifestyle/food-drink/... EDIT: yes article mentions this The letter must be addressed to the Qatar Distribution Company, be stamped and signed by an authorised person within the company, and include the following information: The applicant's position within their company The applicant's basic salary. The word 'basic' must be used. To get a permit a minimum salary is needed (4,000 riyals or 1,100 US dollars) Whether the applicant receives an accommodation entitlement or has free accommodation Whether the applicant is married When applying for a permit an individual must fill in an application form, pay a returnable deposit and state their religion

shrikant 6y ago
I remember something like this in Oman as well, back when I lived there in the late 80s/early 90s. Looking at the situation now though, it looks like it might be a very tiny bit more liberal, in that you still need a "personal consumption licence", but the quota appears to have been done away with.