Imports of this kind of stuff will be banned immediately! Customs represses smuggling →
A few days ago, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other departments issued an announcement stating that from January 1 next year, the import of solid waste in any way will be prohibited.
Solid waste refers to solid and semi-solid wastes produced in production, consumption, life and other activities.
For a long time, my country has been the world's largest garbage importer. Now it has been a few days before the total ban on solid waste imports. How is this work progressing?
Qingdao, Shandong: The last few batches of imported solid waste arrive in Hong Kong
The waste paper at the solid waste inspection site at Huangdao Port in Qingdao, Shandong is part of the final batch of solid waste entering the country.
Waste corrugated paper from the United States, mixed with a small amount of plastic and sponge.
The waste paper has been fumigated and disinfected after disembarking. There is no pungent smell, and it smells like used old courier boxes.
From January 1 next year, my country will ban the import of these solid wastes.
In fact, as early as 2017, the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan for Prohibiting the Entry of Foreign Garbage to Promote the Reform of the Solid Waste Import Management System", requiring a total ban on the entry of "foreign garbage".
For more than three years, with the advancement of solid waste reform, enterprises are also preparing for transformation.
Luo Shuhong, Deputy Director of the Commodity Inspection Department of Qingdao
Customs
:
Waste plastics were the first batch to be banned from entering the country. Later, the import of waste fibers and waste hardware was gradually banned.
At present, the import of solid waste at Huangdao Port has dropped from 2.51 million tons per year in 2017 to more than 300,000 tons per year.
Liu Jianghai, director of the
logistics management
department of
a paper mill in Weifang City, Shandong Province :
Our company
imported
more than 400,000 tons last year, tens of thousands of tons last year, and 140,000 tons this year, which is decreasing year by year.
We mainly use domestic waste paper and some imported recycled pulp to fill the gap.
With the gradual implementation of the plan to ban the import of solid waste, the import volume of solid waste in my country has also decreased year by year. According to data from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, as of November 15, the total volume of solid waste imports nationwide this year was 7.18 million tons, a decrease of 41% year-on-year .
Industry experts said that the
import of solid waste enables companies to
obtain certain renewable resources at a lower
cost
, but the threat to biosafety and the harm to the environment cannot be ignored.
China
supplies
Vice Recycling Association
Secretary
Long Cui Yan:
before more than 20 million tons of annual imports amount to 30 million tons of waste paper, and other impurities that inclusion of about 30 million tons, the equivalent of a medium-sized city of garbage a year.
Empty boxes of used clothes in Ningbo Customs seized 19.68 tons of smuggled "foreign garbage"
In spite of strict legal prohibitions and strong rectifications by relevant departments, "foreign garbage" still occurs from time to time.
In the face of huge interest temptation, some lawbreakers even take risks and knowingly commit crimes, smuggling "foreign garbage" into the country.
Recently, when Ningbo Customs supervised a truck loaded with empty containers, the weighing system issued an overweight alarm.
He Danhao, deputy head of the station supervision section of Beilun Customs Lingang
Office under
Ningbo Customs
:
reminded that the weight of this truck reached 35.78 tons, which far exceeded its own approved weight of 16.10 tons. There is a great suspicion of carrying goods in the box. .
The customs immediately carried out an unpacking inspection and
found that the
box
that should have been empty was actually piled up with bundled waste clothes, with a total weight of 19.68 tons
.
He Danhao, deputy head of the station supervision section of Beilun Customs Lingang Office under Ningbo Customs: It is
full of a large number of goods that have been bundled and wrapped in waste paper boxes, and
there are many dirty and damaged fabrics in the gaps between the cartons. There was a peculiar smell.
It is understood that
"empty containers are not empty" itself is a
suspected smuggling violation that evades
customs supervision
.
"Foreign garbage" smuggling tactics vary.
A few days ago, a company in Tianjin declared to Tianjin Xingang Customs that it imported 1 shipment of polyoxymethylene plastic particles from Thailand, a total of 3 containers. After the goods arrived at the port, it was found that the shipment contained white flocs, colored plastic head materials, white irregular sheet and the connecting member,
smugglers knowing Regrind countries prohibit the case where the solid waste inlet,
still making
the declaration
with
the contract
,
invoices
, and other single box trade false
documents
to the customs declaration.
Wang Wei, Director of the Second Anti-smuggling Division of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the
General Administration of Customs :
"Foreign garbage" smuggling methods are constantly being renovated, and most of them try to get through the customs by illegally reporting the name of the product, which is highly concealed and harmful to the society.
In the next step, the Customs will work with all relevant departments to investigate cases where they are found, and fight against them.
Source: CCTV Finance (ID: cctvyscj) Producer: Ke Chengyun Editor of this article: Zhang Shuang