High Pressure Strike Hard! "Foreign Garbage" Entry Reduced By Nearly Half

Cracking down on foreign garbage smuggling is the customs anti smuggling Project No. 1.

17, reporters learned that in 2018, China's Customs Smuggling kept high pressure and severe crackdown, and solid waste imports fell 46.5% year-on-year.

Ni Yuefeng, director general of the customs and Excise Department, said at the national customs work conference that in 2018, in response to the problems of "foreign garbage" entry, the customs strengthened the pre shipment inspection of solid waste, port control and inspection, and organized the implementation of the 5 round of "blue sky 2018" special crackdown. It advocated and successfully launched the fourth international joint law enforcement action of the goddess of earth.

Throughout the year, the customs investigated 481 cases of smuggling of "foreign garbage" and verified 1 million 550 thousand and 900 tons of smuggled waste, up 68% and 78% respectively over the same period.

The Customs issued ten typical anti smuggling cases throughout the year.

It was mentioned that in March 2018, the customs and smuggling Bureau of Gongbei and Nanjing jointly investigated the "3.25" huge solid waste smuggling case.

After investigation, the companies involved in the acquisition of smash, pellets and slag from overseas steel mills used smugglers, Off Shore Company washing orders and false names to smuggle imports, involving 312 thousand tons of solid waste.

In addition to smuggling the "foreign garbage" smuggling front, other types of Customs Smuggling work are also doing well.

For example, the Customs seized 121% pieces of endangered species and their products 25671 years ago, an increase of 121%. 44 cases of smuggling and criminal seizure of ivory and their products were registered, and 800 kilograms were found, which increased by 4% and 18.7% respectively.

Ni Yuefeng said that after a series of efforts, the momentum of smuggling of key areas, key areas and key commodities has been effectively curbed, and all indicators of smuggling and handling cases have been upgraded in an all-round way.

The effectiveness of anti smuggling comprehensive management is obvious. The main responsibility of local governments and the functions of relevant departments are effectively exerted.

He said that the customs will continue to crack down on smuggling in 2019.