Yesterday, mr. Zhao, who had returned from japan to visit his family, carried four suitcases and said that he had passed with great success. News reporter lee sang-young
The “five ones” holiday came and many chose to travel abroad. Traveling and shopping is inevitable, and tax-free clothing, cosmetics and local snacks outside the country are favoured by many citizens。
Since the implementation of the list of retailed imports into cross-border electronic commerce, published on 7 april, a number of citizens travelling abroad are concerned that entry abroad after shopping is strictly checked. Yesterday's visit by journalists revealed that passengers were subject to x-ray checks when entering the country, but not as strict as the internet. Beijing customs stated yesterday to the news reporter shinjing that customs inspections had not been made strictly because of the new coup d ' État and that the identification criteria for the five-year period had not changed。
According to industry sources, the amount of tax exemption currently available to individual travellers is rmb 5,000, and the amount of tax exemption is raised to rmb 8,000 if there is an imported tax-free shop at the port of entry。
Many tourists have over $5,000 worth of shopping
In the case of the new deal, journalists interviewed more than a dozen incoming passengers, most of whom indicated that they had heard of the new deal and feared that they would be subject to scrutiny upon entry. Some passengers stated that the purchase price was over $5,000 and that they entered the country “on chance”。
Before i went out to play, i went online to check the plan and see what was worth buying." ms. Lee stated that she was travelling with the mothers' group and that guided tours suggested that shopping could not exceed 5,000, but many people were still buying according to previous shopping lists. “it took me over 2,000 years to buy cosmetics for my friends, and i brought gifts for my friends, plus clothes, snacks, and must have cost more than 5,000.”
Yesterday, at 1200 hours, ms. Hu, who had returned from a flight from spain, returned to beijing with two 24-inch suitcases and one bag. Ms. Hu reported a tour of 16 people for a week in spain, greece and so on, and ms. Hu's boxes contained mostly some of the european local brands。
"it's cheap and beautiful." according to ms. Hu, she often travels abroad, and this time in a single press group. In europe, guided tours have repeatedly warned that the equivalent of the renminbi cannot be more than five thousand yuan at shopping, so they have bought only some clothes. “but entry is not as strict as it might have been, has passed the x-ray, and no one has been searched.”
Japan and korea are the main shopping areas. From nagoya, japan, mr. Zhao, who had returned to visit his family, stated that when shopping at japan's tax-free shop, the salesman had warned not to buy too much to return home, saying that it would be strictly checked. "only brought clothes for family and friends and bought two cigarettes at the airport." mr. Zhao's four suitcases with his family were packed with luggage carts, but were not randomly checked for opening. “enterprise has been very smooth and unimaginably strict.”
Ms. Chen, who had just returned from her trip from japan, said that the only change was that while chinese tourists had left japan, border guards had asked chinese tourists to remove their tax-exempt documents from their passports. “there has been no record of the demolition of the documents, and there is no paper to check what you bought in japan.”
"travel to tianjin airport."
The beijing customs officers informed the news reporter yesterday that the tax exemption currently available to individual passengers for entering the country was rmb 5,000 and that entry would be more than 100 percent x-rays, but that there was no chance of opening a box, and that customs checks had not changed the criteria for identification for the first five years because of the new coup。
The journalists learned yesterday from three travel agencies that the newly introduced “sea-pike duties” did not affect the “five one” excursion, and that the “five one” korean and japanese cruises remain hot。
A travel agency staff member told reporters that the new “sea fishing tax” did not actually have a significant impact on purchases in tourism activities, and that after last month's implementation, there were indeed a number of tourist consultations that could not be done in large quantities while travelling abroad, but according to his observations for almost half a month, airport customs did not conduct more rigorous case-opening checks for tourists travelling abroad. “that was a policy directed at cross-border electricians, where people would not easily travel abroad to buy anything, and no one would look deliberately.”
The head of the market department of another large travel agency informed journalists that the customs check was still carried out on a random basis, and that, according to the leading team of their ministry of exit, the rate of identification in beijing had not increased significantly, but that at tianjin airport, all basic luggage had been x-ray machines. “in particular, the return from japan will require a flight.”
A guided tour of europe for two weeks with 42 passengers stated that security checks were required at the time of entry, which was more stringent than usual. One of the crew members of the travel agency described the fact that, after the new deal, passengers were checked to open their bags at the time of entry and were subsequently taxed as required. “but there have always been spot checks, and in the past, there have also been in-mission passengers opened, and the new deal is aimed primarily at surrogate and cross-border electric operators, with less impact on ordinary passengers entering the country.”
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Health products impersonating drugs
This spring, mr. Zhang travelled to japan with four people. On 1 february, under the guided tour of the travel agency east timor holiday travel agency of japan, they travelled on bus to the tokyo duty-free shop a&s, full name alexander&sun, in chinese, alexander and sun. On the way, the guided tour, citing information such as so-called television promotional photographs, promoted the efficacy of products such as nanobeans and velocities to visitors in cars, claiming that they had a significant effect on hypertension, joint pain, etc. Mr. Zhang consumes 910,000 yen (approximately 55,000 yuan), of which one third is spent on so-called special effects such as the first enzymes and the deep-sea basil。
When mr. Zhang arrived at the hotel the same night, a search of products such as the first enzymes was carried out online, and a number of negative assessments were found, even by those who said that they had been tricked, so 23 visitors from the group, including mr. Zhang, approached the tour guide to request their return。
According to mr. Zhang, when they learned that they were going to return the goods, the tour guides tried to obstruct them and even threatened to “disconnect” them, affecting their future visa applications. When the police were assisted by the police, the tour guide reluctantly agreed to take them back。
When the goods were returned, the owner of the store categorically denied that the products were sold as “pharmaceuticals”, claiming that they were “healthy foods”, and refused to refund them on the grounds that they had been sold without being reversed. However, all of these commodity boxes also have the words “pharmaceutical exclusives”. It is not clear that there is no agency such as the drug monitoring agency in japan, and the guides deliberately use this term to deceive chinese tourists。
The visitor, mr. Zhang, also discovered a strange phenomenon, when the first morning was shopping at a duty-free shop in the city, and the next day when the goods were returned。
“and then i realized how thoughtful this was. All guided tours deliberately arrived at the tax-free shop around 10 a. M., so that 200 or 300 people were gathered at the same time, creating the illusion of a fire raid。
Although the ministry of consular affairs of the chinese embassy in japan has on several occasions intervened on this issue with such departments as the japan consumers' office and the tourist's office, the authorities concerned have refused to provide assistance on the grounds that “repatriation is an additional service for the business, there is no mandatory provision in japan” or “pricing is determined by the business and the government has no right to intervene”. Although mr. Zhang received a return pledge from the travel agency, no refund has been received. According to xinhua
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The german mobile phone is taxed
Official: not for passengers in transit
In recent days, an online friend, lydia xue, released a microblog to share his experiences at frankfurt airport, germany: “no more transfers from germany.” an iphone phone bought from china for over a year charged me 278 euros!” some of those who have been to germany have also left messages about similar experiences。
According to the german voice website, passengers travelling from germany to non-eu countries returning to germany or entering germany directly from third countries (non-eu countries) are subject to baggage declaration。
Yesterday, yang, a former student in berlin, germany, told a reporter (alias) that he had been asked by the customs authorities at berlin airport to pay taxes for computers that had been used for many years and had opened his own machine to explain to customs that he had purchased it in china and that it had been in use for a long time and had been given passage by customs after completing a form. Yang stated that he also had second-hand laptops and cameras of friends that were taxed。
In this connection, the china office of the german national tourist office advised on the internet that tourists with tourist visas who were staying in germany for a short period of time would not be taxed if they were carrying (and complying with) goods upon entry into germany. In case of doubt about the collection of taxes, please retain the documents and file a complaint for the return of the money. In the case of persons who have long-term residence in germany (living, working, studying, etc.), goods purchased from abroad and brought into germany (in schengen) for use may be taxed in excess of the limit。
The german customs service network shows that the system is not intended for ordinary transit tourists, but only for foreigners with permanent residence in the eu. According to the media, the cyberfriend was “taxed” probably because he had had a study tour in barcelona, spain, and customs excluded him from transit tourists。
In addition, the network of chinese consulate general in frankfurt has issued several consular reminders stating that when entering, leaving or transiting through frankfurt airport, attention is drawn to compliance with the relevant customs regulations of the european union: when entering and leaving the airport, carrying goods (other than mail) for personal use, and carrying no more than 200 cigarettes (or no more than 50 cigars), no more than 1 litre of high alcohol or no more than 2 litres of low alcohol, and no more than 430 euros for other items (no more than 175 euros for the total value of persons under 15 years of age), free of duty, the green channel (no declared route) is cleared. Otherwise, customs duties must be declared and paid through the red channel (declared channel)。
According to experts, germany has strict control over the declaration and control of baggage of passengers entering the country。
The german newspaper frankfurt news recently reported that frankfurt airport receives 60 million passengers per year and customs seizures totalled 4. 95 billion euros last year。
