According to a study by consultants Uruguay XXI released Friday in Montevideo, exports from the South American country -duty-free zones included- totaled US$ 1.027 billion in August, which represented a 17% year-on-year drop.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/09/02/uruguayan-exports-suffer-17-yoy-drop?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

Cleopatra Henry hangs a dress on a display rack at Rose’s Couture in Cross Roads, Kingston, on Monday, a day after the announcement of a pending doubling of the duty-free threshold for personal items.

Source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20231128/duty-free-angst

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged developed and developing countries to provide duty-free and quota-free market access to products originating in the world’s 46 least-developed countries.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/03/06/buhari-seeks-duty-free-market-access-for-least-developed-countries/

So the next time you encounter those Texas ranch hands – now reduced to being roustabouts bringing up our oil for Exxon – swaggering around in their black, duty-free SUVs, let them know they’re number two when it comes to the real cowboy life.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/enjoying-our-wrangler-country/

The Biden-Harris administration plans to remove Uganda from a program that allows sub-Saharan African countries to trade duty-free with the U.S. and has issued a business advisory for the country over the Anti-Homosexuality Act.

Source: https://watermarkonline.com/2023/12/19/ugandan-constitutional-court-hears-challenge-to-anti-homosexuality-act/

The new vessel will have a capacity for 2,100 passengers, 225 cars, and a 2,000-square-meter duty-free store on a single deck.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/09/30/newest-buquebus-unit-to-be-named-after-actress-china-zorrilla?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss