I hope those custom ladies don't stop me this time.

[wrtiii]

Customs has never asked me how much money I'm bringing in, or whether I'm planning to leave it in Jamaica. And money seems to be the perfect gift! Putting additional cash into the Jamaican economy (or any economy) has a multiplicative effect, while giving people things that they could otherwise buy locally has the opposite effect. If there were things that were actually impossible to get in Jamaica it might be different, but if it's hats, shirts, lighters, etc. better to help people buy them locally.

Of course, paying the duty is just another way of putting money into the Jamaican economy.