Illicit cigarettes by ‘courier’ passengers…
When the going gets tough, people will be tempted to resort to all kinds of jobs to survive, including smuggling of cigarettes into Hong Kong from Mainland China. Believe me, it is not worth it....
View ArticlePssst…Interested in wine exports???
All interested wine exporters, please be informed that the Trade & Industry Department has started accepting applications for Hong Kong wine exporters’ registration which is to complement the...
View ArticleAirport Customs Most Dreaded Item…
Can you guess what is the most dreaded item of Chinese customs at the airport? Foldable umbrellas! Jokes aside, if you don’t believe me, try bringing a foldable umbrella in your luggage while passing...
View ArticleFrench customs sniff out the fakes…
China Watch Blog has picked up this report that French Customs officers have seized almost 36,000 counterfeits of luxury-brand perfumes which have been sorted in three containers from China. The haul...
View ArticleBeijing trade deficit rises 63% to $152b…
China Watch Blog has learnt that Beijing, the Chinese capital, generated $243.2 billion in foreign trade in the first 10 months of the year, a 42-percent year-on-year rise. The China Daily reports the...
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China’s customs duties revenues top 1.6trl yuan…
China Watch Blog has learnt that the mainland’s customs duties revenues soared 29 percent year-on-year to more than 1.61 trillion yuan (US$256 billion) last year. Yu Guangzhou, chief of the General...
View ArticleChinese Customs hike & lower duties of imported goods…
China Watch Blog has learnt that the Chinese General Administration of Customs has increased the dutiable value of most of the cosmetics and high-end supplements has increased dramatically under new...
View ArticleOver 6,000 applicants vie for 6 Ningbo Customs jobs…
China Watch Blog has learnt that China’s national civil servant examination wrapped up its registration process on Wednesday at 5 pm. The six vacancies for Ningbo Customs Supervision have attracted...
View ArticleThai police busts Nigerian online fraud gang…
China Watch Blog has learnt that Thai police have arrested three Nigerian men and a Thai woman for allegedly operating an online relationships scam and swindling eight million baht from 18 women. The...
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