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Providing shoppers with a chance to buy and transport goods across international boundaries without paying local and national taxes, duty-free shops are found in airports and other ports and stations around the world. A creation of the 20th century, duty-free shops mark a sharp departure from more than 2,000 years of nations generating revenue by taxing the trade in commodities and other goods.
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=custom
http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy341.html
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http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0005/
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http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/58733#eid5865593
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/454/~/duty-free-exemption,-gifts
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http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/history/1941-1949.html
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http://www.revenue.ie/en
