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Border sales hit four-year lowBorder sales hit four-year low
13-Feb-2004
CANADA. Border duty-free stores reported a 13.7% decline in sales in 2003 as a result of a drop in tourism following SARS, BSE, forest fires, floods and the most widespread blackout in north American history.
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Total sales reached C$194.8m ($146m), the lowest since 1999. Strained relations with its southern neighbour and a comparatively strong Canadian dollar also discouraged US holidaymakers, who traditionally account for about
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