How to Use duty-free in a Sentence

duty-free

adjective or adverb

• Hotel occupancy and sales at duty-free shops in Haikou also spiked during the holiday.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• There's also a whole arcade of in-lounge duty-free shops.
  — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
• Here, there are no duty-free shops, mega-cruise ships, or high-rise hotels.
  — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
• So every trek to Brazil required a stop at the duty-free shop to buy our quota of cachaca.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• This allows for duty-free shipments of all goods priced under $800.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 2 May 2023
• Who has time to contemplate that while browsing duty-free?
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The loophole allows $800 worth of parcels to be imported into the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
• This is also the reason behind a lack of duty-free shopping aboard Pride of America.
  — Lori A. May, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
• As a result, many foreign parts could qualify a car for duty-free treatment.
  — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
• Plus, find duty-free spots, cosmetic stores, newsstands, and candy shops here.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
• There are plenty of places to grab a bite or shop including typical duty-free items, mezcal spots, and chains like Starbucks and Carl’s Jr.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
• Shopping There are newsstands and duty-free shops on both sides of security.
  — Harriet Baskas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
• However, a duty-free shop at the entrance of the terminal expansion is open.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• The answer has much to do with a trade rule known as the de minimis exception, which allows parcels valued under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
  — Didi Tang, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
• But rules of origin often preclude these products, which are made with fibers sourced largely from Asia, from entering the U.S. duty-free.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
• But shopping plunged in 2024, spelling trouble for the economy which is betting big on revenue from duty-free stores.
  — Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
• The higher $800 threshold for duty-free treatment has strong backing from many in the business community.
  — Kevin Freking The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• Ranchers in New Zealand, the second-largest exporter, enjoy duty-free access to China.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 July 2023
• While China’s duty-free stores work through the glut on their shelves, homegrown beauty brands are growing in popularity.
  — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• In Hainan, the Chinese island that’s a duty-free shopping destination, the beauty market was down 30 percent.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 31 July 2024
• The company is reportedly launching a two-story flagship Louis Vuitton store in Hainan, a duty-free haven in China.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
• Efforts to lower the threshold amount or exclude certain countries altogether from duty-free treatment are set to become a major trade fight in this Congress.
  — Kevin Freking, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
• Fast Retailing, owner of clothing brand Uniqlo, highlighted strength of the domestic market in its most recent earnings, lifted by a surge in duty-free sales.
  — Reuters, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Customs officials could rule that Chinese EVs don’t qualify for the low-duty or duty-free benefits of being made in Mexico.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024
• Temu’s cheaper offerings have also led to lawmakers calling on the Biden administration to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the country duty-free.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Mar. 2024
• In 2021, the administration replaced the aluminum tariff with a tariff-rate quota on imports from the European Union, which allows some amount of aluminum to be imported into the U.S. duty-free.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 June 2023
• The issues of freedom of association and worker rights have been thrust into the spotlight since Cambodia lost duty-free access to EU markets over human rights issues.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 22 July 2024
• All three shipments on July 1 were imported under de minimis regulations, which allows items imported into the U.S. to be duty-free when the value is less than $800.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2024
• Its rules could let Chinese autos assembled in Mexico enter the United States, either duty-free or at a nominal 2.5% tariff rate.
  — Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
• Estée Lauder’s quarterly result took a hit from softening sales in North America and a slower-than-expected rebound in its key Asia duty-free retail business.
  — Sabela Ojea, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024