China News Service, Ningbo, May 6th (Linbo Wang Shiyu) On May 6th, according to the latest news from Ningbo Customs, the smuggling and export of charcoal involving 3,020 tons of goods detected by the Ningbo Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau was recently in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced the sentence on the crime of smuggling goods prohibited by the state from importing and exporting.

　　After investigation, from March 2019 to November 2020, criminal suspects Huang Moumou and Chen Moumou, knowing that the country prohibits the export of charcoal directly fired from wood as raw materials, in order to seek illegal benefits, conspired and decided to Accepting the entrustment of others by means of customs clearance, and engaging in the business of smuggling and exporting charcoal as an agent by falsely reporting the name of the product.

　　The two are suspected of smuggling and exporting 142 containers of charcoal through the above-mentioned methods, weighing about 3,020 tons.

Seized smuggled charcoal.

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　　This case is the largest case of smuggling and exporting charcoal seized by Ningbo Customs in the past three years. It has achieved a "full chain" attack on smuggling gangs of charcoal burning, domestic transportation in China, and port customs clearance, demonstrating Ningbo Customs' smuggling violations in the supervision area. all-round attack.

　　It is reported that charcoal is a product with high forest consumption, high pollution and low added value. For every ton of charcoal fired, 5 to 10 tons of natural wood will be consumed according to different raw materials, and a large amount of harmful gases will also be produced, which is harmful to the environment. serious pollution.

As early as August 2004, multiple departments in China have jointly issued an announcement prohibiting the export of charcoal fired directly from wood.

　　In order to further promote the construction of ecological civilization and protect China's forestry resources and ecological environment, Ningbo Customs continued to make efforts to continuously increase the crackdown on charcoal smuggling.

In the past three years, the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Ningbo Customs has successively filed and investigated 3 cases of smuggling charcoal, and verified that more than 6,000 tons of smuggled charcoal were involved, with a case value of about 40 million yuan, which effectively curbed illegal charcoal smuggling activities at Ningbo Port.

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