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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, Ballroom Bars, Ballroom Chill boxes, and Wine Garden
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 6, 2016 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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