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Convention Concerning Customs Facilities for Touring

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The Convention also permits the duty-free exportation of travel souvenirs for a total value not exceeding US$ 100. A "tourist" is defined in the Convention as "any person without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion, who enters the territory of a Contracting State other than that in which
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that person normally resides and remains there for not less than twenty-four hours and not more than six months in the course of any twelve-month period, for legitimate non-immigrant purposes, such as touring, recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious pilgrimages or business".
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sports equipment (one fishing outfit, one sporting firearm with fifty cartridges, one non-powered bicycle, one canoe or kayac less than 5 ½ metres long, one pair of skis, two tennis racquets, and other similar
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was concluded. It was signed by 32 states and entered into force on 11 September 1957. As of 2013, 79 states have ratified the treaty. The states that have signed but not ratified the Convention are
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200 cigarettes, or 50 cigares, or 250 grammes of tobacco, or an assortment of these products, provided that the total weight does not exceed 250 grammes
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free so long as the effects are for the personal use of the tourist and they are carried on the person or in their luggage.
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The Convention was concluded in New York City on 4 June 1954 at the same conference that the
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The Convention also states that the tourist may import the following items:
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The Convention states that "personal effects" includes the following items:
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Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles
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Treaties extended to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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Treaties extended to the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
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one miniature cinematograph camera with two reels of film;
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one regular-size bottle of wine and one-quarter-litre of
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Treaties extended to the Gambia Colony and Protectorate
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The Convention was somewhat superseded in 1990 by the
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Treaties extended to the United States Virgin Islands
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Treaties extended to the Kingdom of Tonga (1900–1970)
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one camera with twelve plates or five rolls of film;
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Convention Concerning Customs Facilities for Touring
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Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring
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Treaties extended to the Crown Colony of Seychelles
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Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring
multilateral treaty
personal effects
duty
binoculars
gramophone
typewriter
perambulator
spirits
toilet water
souvenirs
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Holy See
Honduras
Monaco
Panama
Istanbul Convention
ATA Carnet
Text
Ratifications
Archived
Wayback Machine
Categories
1954 in New York City
1954 in transport
Customs treaties
Transport treaties
Treaties concluded in 1954

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