duty-free zone
Untaxed shopping district
A duty-free zone is an area—typically at an airport, seaport, or border crossing—where goods can be purchased without import taxes or customs duties.
Travelers buy items like alcohol, tobacco, and perfume at reduced prices before departing or upon arrival: She picked up a bottle of whiskey at the duty-free zone.
Also called a free zone or tax-free zone.
- FreeportDuty-exempt trading zone
- airport terminalPassenger processing facility
- tax exemptionFreedom from governmental levies
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- entrepôtTransit storage for trade
tariff · international trade · excise tax · luxury goods · customs declaration · passport control · landing card · border crossing · tax treaty · liquor · economic integration · allowance · tobacco · price tag · foreign currency · tourist trap · perfume · airport
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- customs stationcustoms officer, checkpoint, passport control, cargo inspection, nothing to declare
- zonesterritory, district, DMZ, Korean DMZ, neutral territory
- customs areascustoms officer, checkpoint, border post
- industrial zonesindustrial park, industrial estate, industrial corridor, manufacturing hub, heavy industry
- economic zonescustoms union, trade bloc, common market, Eurozone
free, duty, zone, customs duty