Departure flight attendant bought case fear entry to carry cosmetics tax-free limitation

Recently, the departure flight attendant xiao-hang li bought case for industry hot topic, the event will be pushed to the forefront overseas act as purchasing agency industry. This month, the Beijing second intermediate people's court for trial of the case. The final verdict as a result, xiao-hang li was convicted for the crime of smuggling ordinary goods, punishment of fixed-term imprisonment, and ten thousand yuan fine. Make a lot of people worrying about the trial results: if to relatives and friends to travel abroad in the future purchasing cosmetics and designer bags, is breaking the law? On Sunday morning, in the shandong Qingdao port wharf, a passenger liner berthed ship from Seoul, South Korea to dock. After the ship's passengers through more, the customs will check luggage of the passengers one by one. In the process of inspection, the customs officers noticed that a young male passenger dragging a big suitcase, staff very wonder: just going to travel, not to move again, how can take such a big suitcase? So the workers stopped the man, to examine its trunk. After opening, found that the box filled with all kinds of foreign brand cosmetics and cleaning supplies, large and small combined dozens of pieces. According to the regulation, the announcement of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China entry residents passenger entry when the value of the purchase of personal items from overseas to carry less than RMB, can enjoy treatment of duty; If for imported self-use articles beyond the meta, then the customs must be taxed. On checking the man's shopping invoice, the articles they carry in the yuan's value, the customs may them to him. Many tourists when the customs clearance with South Korea duty free shopping bag, but the customs after inspection found no violations carrying the articles into China. 'Affected by the departure flight attendant xiao-hang li cases, people engaged in purchasing industry showed a trend of decrease. 'One act as purchasing agency shop clerk told reporters. In addition, some travel agency employees and often between passenger and cargo shipping companies at home and abroad, and all seem to be very careful when talking about overseas act as purchasing agency. Editor: Karen