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CHINA. Hainan province saw a -29.3% year-on-year slump in duty-free spending in 2024 from CNY43.76 billion in 2023 to CNY30.94 billion (US$4.23 billion), according to newly published Haikou Customs ...

BEIJING (Reuters): Duty-free spending slumped 29.3% last year in China's island province of Hainan, where global luxury players from LVMH to Kering have set up shop, as a weak economy led to a ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Duty-free spending slumped 29.3% last year in China's island province of Hainan, where global luxury players from LVMH to Kering have set up shop, as a weak economy led to a ...

Duty-free spending slumped 29.3% last year in China's island province of Hainan, where global luxury players from LVMH to Kering have set up shop, as a weak economy led to a sharp drop in numbers ...

BEIJING – Duty-free spending in China’s island province of Hainan, where global luxury players from LVMH to Kering have set up shop, slumped 29.3 per cent in 2024 as a weak economy saw a sharp ...

Hainan's 2024 slump also bodes ill for plans to turn the entire island, roughly the size of Belgium, into a duty-free shopping zone in 2025.