Source: Hong Kong 01
Author: Jian Yongzhe
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao previews in mid -January next year, and Hong Kong and Mainland China can finally gradually clearly clear the customs.The epidemic has caused the barriers to China and Hong Kong for nearly three years, and the normal exchanges in all aspects will be active again, but it is also the time when the smuggling group raises it.Near the end of the year, the customs seal more and more smuggling goods, and even vinyl records of seafood and red wine. Among them, smuggling cigarettes are the most serious. This year, the official section has been close to 700 million private cigarettes, exceeding 60 % from last year.It is estimated that the situation will be more rampant around the New Year of the lunar calendar next month.The author believes that the "Clearance Affairs Coordination Team" proposed by the Hong Kong Government, in addition to the illegal underground markets, must not be taken lightly in addition to the illegal of the underground market.
A century -old disease has changed everyone's life, and even the smuggling model of criminals has changed.During the sealing of Hong Kong, the smuggling situation of maritime increased significantly. Looking at the cracked cases, the amount of smuggling was very large. In the past three years, the total value of the total cargo has frequently broke the record.In the past two months alone, the customs had cracked a lot of smuggling cases. Among the Vietnamese ocean vessels in the Vietnamese container terminal, the X -ray machine found that nine smuggling containers had 100 boxes of goods, including 22 tons of dry shark fin,Valuable ingredients such as dried flower gum, dried sea cucumbers, more than 140,000 electronics, 70,000 vinyl records and endangered species, estimated to be about 200 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about 34 million yuan).
From mid -November, the customs has also cracked three private cigarette cases. It is estimated that the market value has exceeded 300 million yuan and the taxable value of more than 200 million yuan.According to customs analysis, with the increase of epidemic prevention measures and the increase in flow of people, the market's demand for private smoke has increased. The New Year is approaching. Private smoke group supplements its supply early to supply the local or overseas private cigarette market.One of the reasons for the problem of private smoke is the increasingly mature operating model of criminals. From transportation, packaging, propaganda, and even publicity to Shiduo and newspapers, it is already a group -style operation.The group will also use the juvenile crime. A 14 -year -old boy at the beginning of last month was arrested at Kwai Chung's suspected unsuspicious tax cigarettes.In fact, private smoke will not only induce young people to smoke, but also threaten the entire public health system, further increasing medical costs and uncontrollable factors.
Orderly customs clearance is as soon as possible. The "customs clearance coordination group" to be established must take into account the "on -ground" restoration work and strengthen the crackdown on private cigarettes to prevent illegal groups from continuing to sit big.The simple approach is to strengthen punishment and improve scarletability.As for strategic methods, it is no longer blindly adding smoke tax, because this will only make smokers invest in the private smoke market; official education activities can also be officially office education activities to ensure that citizens understand the severity of selling and purchasing private smoke.
In addition, because many land ports have no switching for three years, customs personnel who have previously been responsible for supporting the freight inspection of the gate must be re -adjusted back to the passenger port.Re -arrange to cope with the supply of smuggling goods before the Lunar New Year to supply the market to supply the market.At the same time, when the pass is reopen, strengthen the search for luggage or carrying items in entry passengers in order to aggressive.
After the three -year epidemic, customs clearance is the direction of Hong Kong and the mainland of the mainland. Governments of the two places must actively create appropriate conditions for this.In addition to the arrangement of entry, it is necessary to block the smuggling activities that will damage the business environment and consumer rights, so that in order to promote the recovery of social epidemic in the two places in an orderly manner and re -inject the motivation for the economic recovery.
