UK Increases Duty-Free Limit as Travel to U.S. Rises

The Telegraph has reported the UK will again increase the duty-free limit for British travelers heading to non-EU countries in 2009. The current limit is now at £340, up from the recent increase to £300 in early December of 2008 from just £145.

Partly based on research that indicates up to 1 in 5 Brits plan to travel to the U.S. in the New Year and half of UK residents surveyed planned some kind of international travel in 2009, the rise will allow for quite a bit more shopping if exchange rates don't fall dramatically.