CCTV Exposes a Major E-Liquid Smuggling Case
On the evening of August 20, CCTV Finance’s flagship news program Economic Information Network reported on booming e-cigarette consumption and smuggling leads discovered at customs ports, once again pushing the e-cigarette industry into the center of publ
On the evening of August 20, CCTV Finance Channel flagship program "Economic Information Broadcast" reported on the news regarding "the booming e-cigarette consumption and smuggling clues at customs ports," once again pushing the e-cigarette industry into the spotlight. Various online media platforms quickly shared and commented on the news, and the notion that relevant countries would accelerate the regulation of e-cigarettes has been widely circulated within the industry.
CCTV hosts mentioned the development history of e-cigarettes, market sales, and the situation of imported e-liquids, and emphasized the launch of Operation 8.8, codenamed "Long Summer," aimed at cracking down on smuggling and tax evasion incidents, particularly pointing out that China's regulations on e-cigarettes are basically blank, highlighting the urgent need for the domestic e-cigarette industry to fill regulatory gaps.
Operation 8.8, codenamed "Long Summer," successfully dismantled four e-liquid smuggling gangs.
It is reported that at 6 a.m. on August 8, the head of the Zhuhai Gongbei Customs, Zhou Bin, commanded from the customs anti-smuggling bureau's command center. With a single order, 52 action teams and 323 customs anti-smuggling police, pre-positioned at designated locations in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hangzhou, Dalian, Dongguan, Zhuhai, and Zhongshan, immediately launched the crackdown, successfully dismantling four smuggling gangs, seizing over 187,000 bottles of suspected smuggled e-liquid, freezing over 20 million yuan in bank funds, and apprehending all key targets. After identification, customs anti-smuggling police took criminal coercive measures against 20 individuals.
Zhuhai Gongbei Customs held a press conference to announce the strict crackdown on e-liquid smuggling operations on August 8.
The day after CCTV exposed the e-liquid smuggling case, on the afternoon of August 21, Zhuhai Gongbei Customs held a press conference to officially announce news about Operation 8.8, "Long Summer." After more than a year of meticulous intelligence operations, on August 8, the customs, under the unified coordination of the Guangdong branch of the General Administration of Customs, uncovered the largest e-liquid smuggling case in the country, with preliminary investigations indicating that the smuggled goods involved approximately 600 tons, valued at around 300 million yuan.
Incident origin: Freight forwarding companies falsely reported the value of imported products, leading to tax evasion.
Zhang Bing, deputy director of the Zhuhai Gongbei Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, stated in an interview with CCTV that the e-liquid importers or freight owners have been emulating those illegal enterprises, seeking economic benefits through smuggling, which has led to individual smuggling behaviors of a few enterprises gradually evolving into collective smuggling behaviors among multiple companies in the industry.
The first set of guidelines for the Chinese e-cigarette industry will be implemented in October this year.
In response to the largest illegal incident in the e-cigarette industry, Lin Hanzhong, vice president of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronic Commerce Association, immediately accepted an interview with CCTV, expressing strong support for the Zhuhai Customs' actions to establish a normal trade order and regulate the development of the e-cigarette industry. He also revealed that the first set of guidelines for the Chinese e-cigarette industry—"General Specifications for E-Cigarette Atomization Devices" will be implemented in October this year.
Subsequent developments
On the afternoon of August 26, the second customs policy briefing on e-liquid regulation was successfully held in the Bao'an District of Shenzhen. The conference introduced the development of the e-cigarette industry, the situation of e-liquid imports, and provided a detailed interpretation of customs regulatory policies for e-liquids. It also conveyed the follow-up work plans of Gongbei Customs regarding the e-liquid smuggling case and answered questions of concern from attendees.
After the incident on August 8, the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronic Commerce Association paid close attention, and the leaders of the committee present expressed that this anti-smuggling action by Gongbei Customs is not a crackdown on the e-cigarette industry as speculated by outsiders, but rather a regulation of the e-cigarette industry, hoping for healthy development and believing that the e-cigarette industry will continue to thrive!
If you want to know whether e-cigarettes are harmful and the dangers of e-cigarettes, click below to read:
Are e-cigarettes harmful? What are the dangers of e-cigarettes?
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CCTV hosts mentioned the development history of e-cigarettes, market sales, and the situation of imported e-liquids, and emphasized the launch of Operation 8.8, codenamed "Long Summer," aimed at cracking down on smuggling and tax evasion incidents, particularly pointing out that China's regulations on e-cigarettes are basically blank, highlighting the urgent need for the domestic e-cigarette industry to fill regulatory gaps.
Operation 8.8, codenamed "Long Summer," successfully dismantled four e-liquid smuggling gangs.
It is reported that at 6 a.m. on August 8, the head of the Zhuhai Gongbei Customs, Zhou Bin, commanded from the customs anti-smuggling bureau's command center. With a single order, 52 action teams and 323 customs anti-smuggling police, pre-positioned at designated locations in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hangzhou, Dalian, Dongguan, Zhuhai, and Zhongshan, immediately launched the crackdown, successfully dismantling four smuggling gangs, seizing over 187,000 bottles of suspected smuggled e-liquid, freezing over 20 million yuan in bank funds, and apprehending all key targets. After identification, customs anti-smuggling police took criminal coercive measures against 20 individuals.
Zhuhai Gongbei Customs held a press conference to announce the strict crackdown on e-liquid smuggling operations on August 8.The day after CCTV exposed the e-liquid smuggling case, on the afternoon of August 21, Zhuhai Gongbei Customs held a press conference to officially announce news about Operation 8.8, "Long Summer." After more than a year of meticulous intelligence operations, on August 8, the customs, under the unified coordination of the Guangdong branch of the General Administration of Customs, uncovered the largest e-liquid smuggling case in the country, with preliminary investigations indicating that the smuggled goods involved approximately 600 tons, valued at around 300 million yuan.
Incident origin: Freight forwarding companies falsely reported the value of imported products, leading to tax evasion.
Zhang Bing, deputy director of the Zhuhai Gongbei Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, stated in an interview with CCTV that the e-liquid importers or freight owners have been emulating those illegal enterprises, seeking economic benefits through smuggling, which has led to individual smuggling behaviors of a few enterprises gradually evolving into collective smuggling behaviors among multiple companies in the industry.
The first set of guidelines for the Chinese e-cigarette industry will be implemented in October this year.
In response to the largest illegal incident in the e-cigarette industry, Lin Hanzhong, vice president of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronic Commerce Association, immediately accepted an interview with CCTV, expressing strong support for the Zhuhai Customs' actions to establish a normal trade order and regulate the development of the e-cigarette industry. He also revealed that the first set of guidelines for the Chinese e-cigarette industry—"General Specifications for E-Cigarette Atomization Devices" will be implemented in October this year.
Subsequent developments
On the afternoon of August 26, the second customs policy briefing on e-liquid regulation was successfully held in the Bao'an District of Shenzhen. The conference introduced the development of the e-cigarette industry, the situation of e-liquid imports, and provided a detailed interpretation of customs regulatory policies for e-liquids. It also conveyed the follow-up work plans of Gongbei Customs regarding the e-liquid smuggling case and answered questions of concern from attendees.
After the incident on August 8, the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronic Commerce Association paid close attention, and the leaders of the committee present expressed that this anti-smuggling action by Gongbei Customs is not a crackdown on the e-cigarette industry as speculated by outsiders, but rather a regulation of the e-cigarette industry, hoping for healthy development and believing that the e-cigarette industry will continue to thrive!
If you want to know whether e-cigarettes are harmful and the dangers of e-cigarettes, click below to read:
Are e-cigarettes harmful? What are the dangers of e-cigarettes?
Do e-cigarettes contain nicotine, and what harm do they pose to the body?
