This article is about a tax measure. For the ITV sitcom, see Duty Free (sitcom). This article is about the British television network. ... Duty Free is an ITV sitcom written by Eric Chappell. ...

Duty Free is the term that is often used to describe goods bought at ports and airports that do not attract the usual government taxes and customs duties. Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... A tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a state, or to functional equivalents of a state, including tribes, secessionist movements or revolutionary movements. ... Customs is the plural of custom, a common practice among a group of people, see Norm (sociology) Customs duty is a tariff or tax on the import or export of goods. ...

Some countries impose allowances in order to restrict the number of Duty Free items that one person can import into the country. These restrictions often apply to tobacco, wine, spirits, perfume, eau de toilette, gifts and souvenirs. Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of 2002-08-28 Tobacco () is a broad-leafed plant of the nightshade family, indigenous to North and South America, whose dried and cured leaves are often smoked (see tobacco smoking) in the form of... A glass of red wine This article is about the beverage. ... Spirits redirects here. ... Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, a fixative, and alcohol used to give parts of the human body and sometimes other objects a long-lasting and pleasant smell. ... Eau de toilette is a fragrance of relatively low odor intensity (5-10% aromatic oils) and originally intended to be used to refresh oneself. ... A gift or present is the transfer of money or goods without requiring something in return (at least not immediately); by extension it can be anything that makes the other more happy or less sad, especially as a favor, including forgiveness, and kindness (even when the other is not kind). ... A souvenir stall in London, England A souvenir (from the French for memory) is an object that is treasured for the memories associated with it. ...

But in some entities, such as Hong Kong, "duty free" becomes meaningless as they do not impose any sales tax or custom duty on any goods except tobacco and alcohol. In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ...

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