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can i legally bring cigars to the U.S. from the dominican republic ?

My father in law wants us to bring him some cigars back from the dominican republic but I didnt know if it is against the law. I might also want to bring some alcohol and coffee.Has anyone done this before that can help?

Tobacco – A $400 duty-free (KEY WORD IS DUTY FREE, NOT what you bring back in total- you will just have to pay tax on excess)exemption may include up to 200 cigarettes and up to 100 cigars — more than that and you’ll have to pay duty on them, even if you haven’t gone over your total exemption. (You may also have to pay state or local taxes on tobacco products.)

New federal laws say that you may not bring back cigarettes that you purchased in another country if they were manufactured in the United States for export purposes. That definition includes most cigarettes you would find sold in stores; an exception (a rare one) might be cigarettes someone purchased in the United States, took to another country and tried to sell. You’ll know the difference because cigarettes made for export purposes don’t generally bear the Surgeon General’s Warning label or tobacco seal; cigarettes purchased in the U.S. must have these stamps.
If they are of Cuban origin which there is now a 100% zero acceptance into the US, as compared to the old rule of $100 or less and for personal use only

Merchandise from Embargoed Countries
Generally, you may not bring in any goods from the following (if not followed by an asterisk or where specified that the embargo only applies to diamonds): Cuba, Iran*, Iraq*, Serbia and Montenegro*, North Korea*, Burma (Myanmar), Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone (diamonds only) and Sudan. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of Treasury enforces this ban.

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