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Nov 12, 2011 | 11:46 am

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Originally Posted by JDiver

This is not airline-specific, so will relocate to the appropriate Forum. /Moderator

Your $800 duty exemption is only if you have been out of the country 48 hours or longer, and you have not been abroad within one month (in which case your duty exemption is only $200). You are entitled a $1,600 exemption if you are returning directly or indirectly from a U S Insular Possession (e.g. Guam, USVI, American Samoa.)

I've always wondered about the $1600 exemption for American Samoa, Guam, and the USVI. I'm guessing it is designed to provide economic support to these insular posessions by making it especially attractive for U.S. tourists to visit and spend money there?

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