section_path: Sectors/Services/Luxury goods
section_name: Luxury goods
paragraph_text: Luxury goods
  
  Hong Kong and Macau benefit from favorable taxation rules and are favored locations for tourists from elsewhere in China to purchase luxury goods like cosmetics, jewelry, and designer fashion goods.: 116
  
  Porcelain has long been one of China's most important luxury exports.: 226 It was especially important to early trade between China and the West, with much of that trade being conducted through Macau.: 226
  
  After a 2012 ban on government agencies purchasing luxury goods, often used as "gifts", sales of luxury goods in China remained strong but slowed, even falling slightly for luxury retailers in the 4th quarter of 2012, with sales of shark fins and edible swallow nests, once staples of lavish government banquets, down sharply.
  
  Many shops in international travel destinations have specialized staff devoted to Chinese customers.
  
  Hong Kong and Macau benefit from favorable taxation rules and are favored locations for tourists from elsewhere in China to purchase luxury goods like cosmetics, jewelry, and designer fashion goods.: 116
  
  Porcelain has long been one of China's most important luxury exports.: 226 It was especially important to early trade between China and the West, with much of that trade being conducted through Macau.: 226
  
  After a 2012 ban on government agencies purchasing luxury goods, often used as "gifts", sales of luxury goods in China remained strong but slowed, even falling slightly for luxury retailers in the 4th quarter of 2012, with sales of shark fins and edible swallow nests, once staples of lavish government banquets, down sharply.
  
  Many shops in international travel destinations have specialized staff devoted to Chinese customers.
  
  Hong Kong and Macau benefit from favorable taxation rules and are favored locations for tourists from elsewhere in China to purchase luxury goods like cosmetics, jewelry, and designer fashion goods.: 116
  
  Porcelain has long been one of China's most important luxury exports.: 226 It was especially important to early trade between China and the West, with much of that trade being conducted through Macau.: 226
  
  After a 2012 ban on government agencies purchasing luxury goods, often used as "gifts", sales of luxury goods in China remained strong but slowed, even falling slightly for luxury retailers in the 4th quarter of 2012, with sales of shark fins and edible swallow nests, once staples of lavish government banquets, down sharply.
  
  Many shops in international travel destinations have specialized staff devoted to Chinese customers.