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US Duty-Free Exemption by Country

Guam has the highest US Duty-Free Exemption ($1,600), followed by United States Virgin Islands ($1,600) and American Samoa ($1,600). Vatican City has the lowest ($800).

LawTravel234 countries · 1 metricUpdated Dec 3, 2023Original page
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US Duty-Free Exemption

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 234 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
$800
Middle half $800 – $800
Average
$810
234 countries
Lowest (best)
$800
India
Highest (worst)
$1,600
American Samoa

Data

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234 countries · # = rank by US Duty-Free Exemption
#
1India$800
1China$800
1United States$800
1Indonesia$800
1Pakistan$800
1Nigeria$800
1Brazil$800
1Bangladesh$800
1Russia$800
1Ethiopia$800
1Mexico$800
1Japan$800
1Egypt$800
1Philippines$800
1DR Congo$800
1Vietnam$800
1Iran$800
1Turkey$800
1Germany$800
1Tanzania$800
1Thailand$800
1United Kingdom$800
1France$800
1South Africa$800
1Italy$800
1Kenya$800
1Myanmar$800
1Colombia$800
1Sudan$800
1Uganda$800
1South Korea$800
1Algeria$800
1Iraq$800
1Spain$800
1Argentina$800
1Afghanistan$800
1Yemen$800
1Canada$800
1Angola$800
1Ukraine$800
1Morocco$800
1Poland$800
1Uzbekistan$800
1Mozambique$800
1Malaysia$800
1Ghana$800
1Saudi Arabia$800
1Peru$800
1Madagascar$800
1Ivory Coast$800
1Cameroon$800
1Nepal$800
1Niger$800
1Venezuela$800
1Australia$800
1North Korea$800
1Syria$800
1Mali$800
1Burkina Faso$800
1Sri Lanka$800
1Taiwan$800
1Malawi$800
1Zambia$800
1Chad$800
1Kazakhstan$800
1Somalia$800
1Chile$800
1Senegal$800
1Guatemala$800
1Romania$800
1Netherlands$800
1Ecuador$800
1Cambodia$800
1Zimbabwe$800
1Guinea$800
1Benin$800
1Rwanda$800
1Burundi$800
1Bolivia$800
1South Sudan$800
1Tunisia$800
1Haiti$800
1Belgium$800
1Dominican Republic$800
1Jordan$800
1United Arab Emirates$800
1Honduras$800
1Tajikistan$800
1Papua New Guinea$800
1Cuba$800
1Sweden$800
1Czechia$800
1Azerbaijan$800
1Portugal$800
1Togo$800
1Greece$800
1Israel$800
1Hungary$800
1Austria$800
1Switzerland$800
1Sierra Leone$800
1Belarus$800
1Laos$800
1Turkmenistan$800
1Libya$800
1Kyrgyzstan$800
1Hong Kong$800
1Nicaragua$800
1Paraguay$800
1Bulgaria$800
1Serbia$800
1Republic of the Congo$800
1El Salvador$800
1Denmark$800
1Singapore$800
1Lebanon$800
1Liberia$800
1Central African Republic$800
1Palestine$800
1Oman$800
1Norway$800
1Finland$800
1Mauritania$800
1Slovakia$800
1Ireland$800
1New Zealand$800
1Costa Rica$800
1Kuwait$800
1Panama$800
1Croatia$800
1Georgia$800
1Eritrea$800
1Mongolia$800
1Uruguay$800
1Puerto Rico$800
1Qatar$800
1Namibia$800
1Bosnia and Herzegovina$800
1Moldova$800
1Armenia$800
1Gambia$800
1Jamaica$800
1Lithuania$800
1Albania$800
1Gabon$800
1Botswana$800
1Lesotho$800
1Guinea-Bissau$800
1Slovenia$800
1Equatorial Guinea$800
1Latvia$800
1North Macedonia$800
1Bahrain$800
1Trinidad and Tobago$800
1Timor-Leste$800
1Cyprus$800
1Estonia$800
1Eswatini$800
1Mauritius$800
1Djibouti$800
1Fiji$800
1Comoros$800
1Reunion$800
1Solomon Islands$800
1Guyana$800
1Bhutan$800
1Macau$800
1Luxembourg$800
1Suriname$800
1Montenegro$800
1Western Sahara$800
1Malta$800
1Maldives$800
1Cape Verde$800
1Brunei$800
1Belize$800
1Bahamas$800
1Iceland$800
1Guadeloupe$800
1Mayotte$800
1Vanuatu$800
1Martinique$800
1French Guiana$800
1New Caledonia$800
1French Polynesia$800
1Barbados$800
1Sao Tome and Principe$800
1Samoa$800
1Curacao$800
1Saint Lucia$800
1Kiribati$800
1Seychelles$800
1Grenada$800
1Micronesia$800
1Aruba$800
1Jersey$800
1Tonga$800
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$800
1Antigua and Barbuda$800
1Isle of Man$800
1Andorra$800
1Cayman Islands$800
1Dominica$800
1Guernsey$800
1Bermuda$800
1Faroe Islands$800
1Greenland$800
1Turks and Caicos Islands$800
1Saint Kitts and Nevis$800
1Sint Maarten$800
1Northern Mariana Islands$800
1Gibraltar$800
1Liechtenstein$800
1British Virgin Islands$800
1Monaco$800
1Marshall Islands$800
1San Marino$800
1Saint Martin$800
1Palau$800
1Anguilla$800
1Cook Islands$800
1Nauru$800
1Saint Barthelemy$800
1Wallis and Futuna$800
1Tuvalu$800
1Saint Pierre and Miquelon$800
1Montserrat$800
1Falkland Islands$800
1Tokelau$800
1Niue$800
1Vatican City$800
232Guam$1,600
232United States Virgin Islands$1,600
232American Samoa$1,600

What correlates with US Duty-Free Exemption?

Pearson r against 1,257 other country metrics sharing at least 141 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher US Duty-Free Exemption tend to score higher on these

  1. Click-Through RateAdsense CPC Rates by Country
    r = +0.62 · strong · n = 143
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  2. Hospital Beds per 1k PopulationHospital Beds by Country
    r = +0.37 · moderate · n = 200
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  3. Male Obesity Rates (GOO)Obesity Rates by Country
    r = +0.31 · moderate · n = 170
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  4. Obesity Rate (GOO)Obesity Rates by Country
    r = +0.30 · weak · n = 173
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  5. Female Obesity Rate (GOO)Obesity Rates by Country
    r = +0.26 · weak · n = 199
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  6. Alcohol ConsumptionAlcohol Consumption by Country
    r = +0.25 · weak · n = 192
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher US Duty-Free Exemption tend to score lower on these

  1. Single Phase VoltageElectrical Plug Types by Country
    r = −0.28 · weak · n = 220
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  2. Residential VoltageVoltage by Country
    r = −0.27 · weak · n = 213
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  3. Android Market ShareiPhone Market Share by Country
    r = −0.24 · weak · n = 224
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  4. Single Phase VoltageMains Electricity by Country
    r = −0.24 · weak · n = 199
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  5. Sales TaxHighest Taxed Countries
    r = −0.18 · weak · n = 173
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  6. Rural Population RateRural Population by Country
    r = −0.17 · weak · n = 199
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest US Duty-Free Exemption?
Guam has the highest US Duty-Free Exemption, at $1,600, followed by United States Virgin Islands ($1,600) and American Samoa ($1,600).
Which country has the lowest US Duty-Free Exemption?
Vatican City has the lowest US Duty-Free Exemption, at $800.
What is the median US Duty-Free Exemption across countries?
The median is $800 across the 234 countries with data.
Where does this us duty-free exemption by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Types of Exemptions - U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Duty- free exemption - U.S. Customs and Border Protection; USA Duty Free Allowances and Exemption by country - USA Data Hub.

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