▲ A mainland female tourist bought a brand-name handbag worth more than NT$10,000 in Hong Kong. She made a careless mistake and was intercepted by customs in tears and fined HK$3,000. (Information picture)
Hong Kong is known as a shopping paradise, and many tourists come to Hong Kong to enjoy shopping. Recently, a mainland female tourist posted an article online, saying that she bought a brand-name handbag worth more than 10,000 yuan in Hong Kong. She accidentally made a mistake and was intercepted and inspected while crossing the border at Luohu. She was fined HK$3,000 “with tears in her eyes” and broke down, moaning “tears of blood”. “Lessons learned,” and later taught others how to avoid being victimized.
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A mainland female tourist posted a post on the social platform “Little Red Book” with the title “Luohu Customs” on New Year’s Day, saying that she waited all night in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day and arrived at Luohu Checkpoint at 6:30 a.m. to return to the mainland. Unexpectedly, she was detained by the customs After being intercepted and inspected, I was asked to make up for the tax. I yelled, “Lessons learned in blood and tears. I was inspected the first time I passed customs. I was careless. I turned over 3,000 in tears.”
It turned out that the female tourist bought a Gucci brand handbag worth HK$18,500 in Hong Kong. Since the value of the goods exceeded 5,000 yuan, she had to pay tax back. She regretted that she “completely forgot about it and just walked through the border with the box.” She bluntly said that the box was Throw away or be okay.
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She even said that a man in quarantine was intercepted by customs for wearing a new pair of shoes. “I was really speechless when I took off my shoes.” Afterwards, she reminded other netizens that if they purchase goods over 5,000 yuan, “you must remember to pack the box.” Throw it away, the customs in Luohu is really a scam.”
The post aroused hot comments from netizens, “Bringing packaging through customs and delivering it to your door is obvious to the customs. In the eyes of the customs, you want to be fined!”, “Now that customs control is so strict, how dare you bring a box? If not, who will arrest you?”, “You What do you think about carrying a bag with such a big logo through customs…”. Some netizens also had the same experience, “I was also checked at Futian Port yesterday afternoon, but I didn’t buy anything valuable and didn’t bring any prohibited items. It seemed like I was checked for the second time in so many years.” Afterwards, the poster appeared again to respond to the netizens, saying, “I am the one who is the big grievance. You should take this as a warning!”
According to Article 47 of the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China, the owner of incoming and outgoing items shall truthfully declare to the customs and accept customs inspection. Passengers carry items that are not for personal use, exceed the reasonable quantity range, exceed the varieties, specifications, limits, and limits of items stipulated by the customs, fail to go through customs procedures, fail to pay taxes in accordance with regulations, and other items that cannot be released according to regulations The items will not be released by the customs and will be returned or deposited by the passenger in a warehouse designated by the customs.
Inbound resident passengers carry inbound items for personal use acquired abroad, with a total value of less than 5,000 yuan (including 5,000 yuan); non-resident passengers carry inbound items for personal use intended to be left in China, with a total value of less than 2,000 yuan If the amount is within RMB (including 2,000 yuan), the customs will release it duty-free.
If inbound resident passengers bring inbound items for personal use exceeding RMB 5,000, and they are confirmed to be for personal use after customs review; if inbound non-resident passengers carry inbound items for personal use that are intended to be left in China, and if the items exceed RMB 2,000, Customs will only Taxes will be imposed on the excess imported items for personal use, and the full amount of indivisible items will be taxed.
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2024-01-08 08:03:10
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