The phrase "avoid duties" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of steering clear of responsibilities or obligations.
Example: "In order to enjoy a carefree weekend, I decided to avoid duties and focus on relaxation."
Alternatives: "evade responsibilities" or "shun obligations".
Since the colonial era, contraband trade has been significant in Panama among those wishing to avoid duties or other government controls.
The bribes went to extend drilling contracts for offshore rigs in Venezuela, to settle a customs dispute in India and to avoid duties on drilling equipment in Mexico.
The best offer so far is that, maybe, western companies will be allowed to avoid duties if they donate the goods in question to charities (including those favoured by the government, of course).
Much of the money is widely thought to have come from Russian trading companies that were trying to avoid duties and taxes or from rich Russians, many of whom have fled to Switzerland after the Soviet Union collapsed, to avoid taxation.
The final written records of her existence note that she was used as a watch vessel to spy on coastal smugglers using backwaters to avoid duties on lace, tobacco, brandy, and other goods from the continent.
He e-mailed asking me to resend it with papers claiming a lower value to help him avoid duty fees.
The Government last week moved to clamp down on a tax loophole under which "non-domiciled" residents (non-doms) with split employment contracts could avoid duty by putting their earnings through low-tax foreign jurisdictions.
As a junior officer he transferred to the 41st Regiment soon after to avoid duty in the East Indies, and in June 1789 transferred again, to the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Light Dragoons cavalry regiment.
These products are cheap, as they avoid duty, and highly concentrated, at up to 95% ethanol [ 39].
But American brands, subject to various taxes and import duties, are expensive -- as much as $6.67 a pack in Norway -- and smugglers are increasingly avoiding duties by illegally bringing cigarettes into markets like Spain and Italy and selling them for 20 to 30percentt less than the legal price.
You can save up to 50% off rooms this way, which is a fantastic deal". 5. Avoid duty and tax fees at the airport "I recently bought a blender for my mom for her birthday and had to carry it with me all the way from Australia to South Africa.
