What to send, where to send it and by when

Entries for the World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025 must arrive at our logistics partner by February 21, 2025.

We will do our best to accommodate late arrivals, but if they arrive after the deadline we cannot guarantee that they will be judged and will be unable to issue refunds. So please allow plenty of time for delivery.

Please note that if you wish to ship from Canada or the US using the Consolidated Shipping service, this has an earlier deadline. You can find out more about this service here.

Amount of Samples to Send

We will require the following amounts per entry for judging:

Drinks requiring dilution

• 50/75cl bottles - two bottles
• 50cl cans/bottles - three cans/bottles
• 30cl cans/bottles and below - six cans/bottles

Drinks served neat/undiluted

• 50/75cl bottles - four bottles
• 50cl cans - six cans/bottles
• 35cl cans and below - eight cans / bottles
• Small bottles (eg bitters) served by the drop - three bottles

Send your samples to this address

World Alcohol-Free Awards
c/o Sensible Wine Services
Unit 10 Dana Trading Estate
Transfesa Road
Paddock Wood
Kent
TN12 6UT
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1622 832 640; +44 (0)7917 352174

You can download a pre-printed address label here.

Sending your products from outside the UK

If you are entering drinks from Canada or the US you may use our Consolidated Shipping service. For more details, go to our Shipping from North America page in the How to Enter tab. If you know that you would like to purchase Consolidated Shipping, you can do so from the Delivery Information Hub in your Entry Dashboard.

Filling in your shipping details

If you are sending bottles to the World Alcohol-Free Awards from outside the UK your shipment will need to be accompanied by the correct paperwork. If you are sending a small amount, your courier or postal company will give you a pro forma document to fill in.

If you are sending a larger amount (value £630 or more), you may need to fill in a Customs Declaration. (See ‘Duty/Tax charges’’ below for more details).

In both cases you will need a Commercial Invoice, indicating what you are shipping and who is receiving it. You can download this invoice to print it off here – it’s available in two different sizes, A4 and US Letter.

• Commercial Invoice - A4 format
• Commercial Invoice - US Letter format

Classifying your product

We suggest using the term 'non alcoholic beverage' when describing your package.

Some of the shipping forms might also require a 'commodity code' which classifies what you are shipping.

Alcohol-free products are not always easy to classify, but advice we have received from the UK government suggests the following:

• De-alcoholised wine - 2202 9919 95
• Non-alcoholic beer - 2202 9100 90
• All other AF drinks - 2202 9991 90

You will need to include information on the quantity of bottles, their ABV and the size of each bottle/can.

Value

You also need to record the product’s value.

The products have no commercial value. So do NOT fill in their retail price.

But equally, it CANNOT be zero.

Instead, you should fill in a token value of £1/$1/€1.

Duty/Tax charges

Because your entry is non-alcoholic, there is no excise duty. But it may still attract other charges.

If the total cost of Value + Shipping + Insurance is £135 or more, your shipment will be liable for both customs import duty and 20% VAT.

Calculating the value of your shipment	Value GBP/€/$
Value of products (at £1/€1/$1 per can/bottle)
Shipping cost
Insurance (if applicable)
TOTAL VALUE OF SHIPMENT (ensure less than £135 to avoid charges)

Big international courier firms such as UPS, DHL and FedEx are well versed in all these issues and can help ensure that you fill in everything correctly.

But please check that they have filled in all the fields correctly - particularly the value - so you don’t unnecessarily have to pay import charges.

Your courier will need to pay any charges when the consignment arrives in the UK, then charge it back to you. To do this, you will need to have an account with them. We strongly advise discussing this with your courier prior to shipping to ensure that everything is correct.