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The Newfoundland Distillery Company

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Clarke's Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador · Shopify shop · thenewfoundlanddistillery.com

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The Newfoundland Distillery Company makes Newfoundland Whisky, seaweed and cloudberry gins, chaga and Gunpowder & Rose rums, vodkas and aquavit from locally grown barley and foraged Newfoundland botanicals in Clarke's Beach.

Can no longer ship to the US since Sep 29, 2026HTS 2208.30.60Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Whiskies50% since Aug 22, 2026HTS 2208.40.40Rum and tafia, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $3/liter50% since Aug 22, 2026HTS 2208.50.00Gin and Geneve50% since Aug 22, 2026HTS 2208.60.20Vodka, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $2.05/liter50% since Aug 22, 2026HTS 2208.90.75Spirits nesoi, fit for use as beverages or for beverage purposes50% since Aug 22, 2026
The Newfoundland Distillery Company's whisky, gin, rum, vodka and aquavit are Canadian spirits under HTS 2208.30.60, 2208.50.00, 2208.40.40, 2208.60.20 and 2208.90.75, which carried a 50% US duty from August 22, 2026 and, since September 29, 2026, can no longer be imported into the United States at all. The distillery’s own availability page names the USA among the markets it planned to sell into once it had reached customers across Canada, and its Newfoundland Whisky won a double gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 29, 2026

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The distillery says it is "a small craft distillery dedicated to using local ingredients and making the finest spirits using copper stills all the way from grain to glass."

On the tariff list

  • HTS 2208.30.60 · Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Whiskies, Other · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The distillery sells "Newfoundland Whisky" ("Introducing the world's first Newfoundland Whisky"), a whisky under HTS 2208.30.60.

  • HTS 2208.40.40 · Rum and tafia, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $3/liter · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The shop stocks "Gunpowder & Rose Rum, Chaga Rum, Maple Rum", which are rum under HTS 2208.40.40.

  • HTS 2208.50.00 · Gin and Geneve · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The shop stocks "Cloudberry Gin, Seaweed Gin, Dry Gin", which are gin under HTS 2208.50.00.

  • HTS 2208.60.20 · Vodka, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $2.05/liter · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The shop stocks "Rhubarb Vodka, & Vodka", which are craft vodka under HTS 2208.60.20.

  • HTS 2208.90.75 · Spirits nesoi, fit for use as beverages or for beverage purposes · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

    The shop stocks "our very own Aquavit", an unaged spirit not otherwise classified, HTS 2208.90.75.

Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs

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