Welcome to Mauritius Duty Free Shopping
Duty Free Shopping in Mauritius
"We will be abolishing the current 80 percent tax on 1,850 different types of goods including fabrics, clothing, electronics and jewellery, turning Mauritius into a duty-free retreat within the next four years". Those were the words pronounced by the government of Mauritius and this surely has made more than one happy, mostly the fervent shopping freaks all over the globe. Vianna Murday, UK and Ireland manager of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority said: 'Tax-free shopping will ensure that Mauritius furthers its reputation as a destination for inexpensive luxury items.' Undoubtedly, the objective is to seduce a higher flow of tourists to the island and building the reputation of becoming the first duty-free island in the world, transmogrifying the island into an idyllic ?shopping paradise?.
However Mauritius does have various duty-free shops around the island which offers high quality and luxurious products at discounted prices. Upon the presentation of their passports and return ticket, tourists can buy goods at attractive prices and payment is made either in Mauritian rupees or foreign currencies. There is a diversity of products proposed at sheer tax-free prices and some of them are textiles, perfumes, jewellery and electronic prices. Adamas diamond boutique, Aqua jewels, Poncini duty Free Boutique are among the jewellery shops which offer their goods at tax free prices. Tourists as soon as they land in the island are flooded with the tantalizing atmosphere that reign in the duty free shops found there. The quality, prices and excellent service lure the visitors in the shops and they end up fulfilling their desire to buy the goods being proposed.
You have a preference for designer wears? And you want them at prices which represent value for money? Then Tara Cashemere offer you a wide variety of knitted garments and Montali who sells designers wears by Jean Paul Gautier, Moschino, Alberto Feretti and shoes by Rosetti. Sasheena, in the Grand Bay Store shopping complex, is another duty free shop which sells leather goods, including handbags, briefcases and superb luggage, pens, cameras, crystal and porcelain. It I to be reminded thought that visitor have to take delivery of their goods at the airport after having paid the duty free price.
Le Caudan Waterfront is a must for shopping. There is a diversity of duty free articles and various other products like sports equipment, jewelry, watches, books and magazines, swimming and beach items as well as plenty of gift possibilities. Moreover this shopping complex host the craft market offering Mauritian glass and essential oils. Sopping in Mauritius and going through the different duty-free shops undoubtedly is a unique experience. Creating value for your money, that is the very objective of Mauritius duty free shopping.
The following goods may be imported into Mauritius by persons 18 and over without incurring customs duty:
* 200 cigarettes or 250g of tobacco products or 50 cigars.
* 1l of spirits and 2l of wine or beer.
* 250ml of eau de toilette and 100ml of perfume for personal use.
Restricted items: Vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds must be declared (all require permit from the Ministry of Agriculture), as must firearms and ammunition. Imported animal products also require a permit and a health certificate from the country of origin.
Prohibited Imports
Sugarcane and related parts thereof, soil micro-organisms and invertebrate animals.
