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General Instructions

1. Shipment of alcoholic beverages into Florida must comply with state regulations. Please refer to the letter we have
included from Thomas R. Philpot, Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Director Division of
Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco. His letter indicates: Shipments for this event should be made through a Florida
distributor. In the event a participating supplier does not have an established distributor relationship or is unable
to make distributor arrangements for the purpose of this conference, the Division approves direct shipping to
the conference facility via common carrier. Please be advised that Florida excise taxes must be paid upon all
products brought into the hotel. To assist you with this task the appropriate tax form, “Application for and
Permit to Import Alcoholic Beverages” is enclosed for you to complete and file with Florida DBPR Division
of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco.

2. EXEMPT BRANDS: The top 30 best-selling brands are “exempt” from SKU counts. Please consult the previous
page of this brochure which displays the “NABCA Executive Analysis, Distilled Spirits Top 50 Brands”, only the top
30 brands are exempt. Include your company’s exempt brands on, “Attachment A”. For any questions you may
have regarding Exempt Brands call Robin Dubendorf directly on 703-578-5511.
3. COMPLETE and FORWARD ATTACHMENTS "A, B & C" indicating brand, size, and bottle count of your
contributions.

Attachment A: Use for Exempt Brands, Annual Banquet Bars, Ballroom Chill boxes, and Banquet Wine
Attachment B: Use for Town Center Outlets, Industry Trade Show, and Personal Usage
Attachment C: Use for New Products

Please complete and forward all attachments by Monday, May 8, 2017 to:

Robin Dubendorf
NABCA
4401 Ford Ave, Suite 700
Alexandria, Virginia 22302-1473

E-mail: robin.dubendorf@nabca.org Fax: 703-820-3551

4. Mini bottles (50 ml) are not permitted.
5. Individual deliveries of alcoholic beverages by suppliers to conference registrants are strictly prohibited by policy
of the NABCA Board of Directors.

6. All products submitted for display must either be available for sale within the United States with proper TTB label
approval, or shipped in under proper United States Customs exceptions with appropriate paperwork submitted
to NABCA.

7. Each Official Town Center Outlet, or Trade Show Booth Representative as identified on the registration form
must meet with NABCA staff, before opening your Outlet/Booth at the conference. The Representative will
receive special identification as the individual responsible for appropriate operation of the Outlet/Booth.
It is strongly recommended by NABCA that all Official Outlet and Booth Representatives attend a server/
seller training course in advance of the Conference. No formal training will be administered at the conference.

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