.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSo far, a great number of brand owners have also expressed their readiness to make the same commitment. To this end, DFWC and TFWA will soon publish a separate announcement on supplier support.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cToday, some of the major players in our industry are making clear their ongoing stance against illicit trade and will be encouraging their suppliers to follow suit. There can be no room for doubt \u2013 the duty- and tax-free industry has zero tolerance for illicit trade in all its forms. We want to send a clear message worldwide \u2013 when you shop in a duty-free shop, you can do so with complete confidence,” added Ms Branquinho.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cOur announcement today builds upon the decades of trust that we have built with our customers, governments, customs authorities and industry partners. DFWC, TFWA and the initial signatories are keen to grow the momentum behind this initiative and are confident the industry will be fully behind it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DFWC and TFWA have jointly issued a\u00a0zero-tolerance\u00a0declaration on illicit trade -Aer Rianta International, Dubai Duty Free, Dufry, Gebr. Heinemann, Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail and Qatar Duty Free are among signees <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":17295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4001,4887],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23559"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23567,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions\/23567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}