TOBACCO TRADE
Duty-Free Cigarettes Sold in Unlimited Quantities on the U.S.-Mexico Border Pose Customs Challenges
Business & Finance, Accounting, Governmental
| Author: | Hugues Dumont | ISBN: | 1230002167855 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT | Publication: | February 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hugues Dumont |
| ISBN: | 1230002167855 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT |
| Publication: | February 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Since the 1970s, U.S. agencies have recognized that high-volume cigarette sales at duty-free stores near the U.S.–Mexico land border, although lawful, could be related to illicit activity. In 1988, U.S. law limited the quantity of duty-free tobacco products an individual can purchase at stores located in airports, restricting the sale of tobacco products to quantities consistent with personal use. This requirement, however, does not apply to land border duty-free stores...
Since the 1970s, U.S. agencies have recognized that high-volume cigarette sales at duty-free stores near the U.S.–Mexico land border, although lawful, could be related to illicit activity. In 1988, U.S. law limited the quantity of duty-free tobacco products an individual can purchase at stores located in airports, restricting the sale of tobacco products to quantities consistent with personal use. This requirement, however, does not apply to land border duty-free stores...
