page_title: Border trade
hierarchical_section_title: Border trade
caption_attribution_description: English: 'Gaz Bar Maine', a gas station in Estcourt Station, Maine, United States, approximately 50 meters from the US/Canada border, 400 meters from the northernmost point in Maine, and without any road access to the rest of the United States. Site of the Michel Jalbert incident. Price quoted in Canadian dollars (cents per liter.) Note US/Canada border monument (photo taken from Canada), and signs (no less than 5!) warning gasoline customers to report to US customs.
context_page_description: Border trade, in general, refers to the flow of goods and services across the
  international borders between jurisdictions. In this sense, it is a part of normal legal trade
  that flows through standard export/import frameworks of nations. However border trade specifically refers to the increase in trade in areas where crossing borders is relatively easy and where products are significantly cheaper in one place than another, often because of significant variations in taxation levels on goods such as alcohol and tobacco.
  As well as border trade across land or sea borders, air travel with a low-cost carrier can be worthwhile for a short international trip to the same purpose, although baggage restrictions can limit worthwhile savings to those for small high-value goods.
  Where border trade is done for tax evasion it forms part of the underground economy of both jurisdictions.
context_section_description: Border trade, in general, refers to the flow of goods and services across the
  international borders between jurisdictions. In this sense, it is a part of normal legal trade
  that flows through standard export/import frameworks of nations. However border trade specifically refers to the increase in trade in areas where crossing borders is relatively easy and where products are significantly cheaper in one place than another, often because of significant variations in taxation levels on goods such as alcohol and tobacco.
  As well as border trade across land or sea borders, air travel with a low-cost carrier can be worthwhile for a short international trip to the same purpose, although baggage restrictions can limit worthwhile savings to those for small high-value goods.
  Where border trade is done for tax evasion it forms part of the underground economy of both jurisdictions.
caption: A gas station in Estcourt Station, Maine, caters to border shoppers from across the border with Canada, where gasoline is significantly more expensive.
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