Apple iPad is not listed in China "parallel imports" has been to seize market

Today, Apple iPad has become the favorite of young and Apple enthusiasts. Although the product not listed in China, but "parallel imports" has been quietly gaining share.

Recently, this reporter in Beijing's Zhongguancun Top Electronics Mall unannounced visits found that mobile phone sales in the mall area, labeled "Apple experience store", "Apple stores" no less than 78 shops, the latest version of the iPad, iPhone4 and other Apple goods and fittings. Store, who declined to be named told reporters, a mall and other Apple products in the iPad most of the "parallel."

According to report, in Beijing, currently only a real Apple store, they have a Chinese description of goods sold, and Apple's warranty certificate. But iPad and iPhone (except China Unicom iPhone3G) has not yet been listed in China. The Zhongguancun Top Electronics Mall all Apple products everywhere. Apple sold in the shop goods, or printed in English, Chinese or traditional Chinese characters, a clerk told reporters that some of these products from Hong Kong, some from the United States, are smuggled or through regular contacts in the United States people bring in.

Top Electronics Shopping Mall in Beijing's see, a woman dressed stylish holding two iPad came to a stall, said nothing would be in the hands of the iPad to the owner, see the answer is a frequent visitor. Two Apple iPad, the owner gave the woman a total of 9,400 yuan, count the money, the woman hurried away. According to an insider, that the Trustee Shopping Service way, businesses only make a two hundred freight.

The smuggling profits are far greater. A just return to China, Mr. Guo told U.S. reporters in the U.S. market, a Tablet PC with 16G of the iPad consumption tax generally sells for 550 dollars, equivalent to about 3700 yuan RMB. Reporter learned from the Customs, iPad by the computer tax, the tax rate of 20%. Such a price of 16G's iPad in Zhongguancun about 5,000 yuan, if smuggled in, you can escape the tariffs around 1,000 yuan, businesses also make the money.

Shenzhen Port of water off crazy smuggling iPad

According to Shenzhen Customs, due to the iPad tablet PCs in the foreign market, triggered great interest in the domestic IT players, the market demand by Chao Wang and temptation of high profits, smuggling iPad water customers in the Shenzhen ports are active.

Statistics show that since April, only sporadic, Luohu Customs seized smuggled on the iPad computer 450 sets up a day when the Department found more than 40. Day of June 6 this year, Shenzhen Huanggang Customs seized 15 smuggling iPad on immigration cases. 14, the Shenzhen Bay Port Regional Customs seized a gang smuggling iPad case of water off the scene and arrested four, seized 21 sets iPad laptop and accessories group.

It is understood that since the iPad April 3 this year in the United States, the parallel iPad sales price in Hong Kong had achieved from 7000 to 9000 Hong Kong dollars, compared with about one-third of U.S. prices to be higher. As the Mainland is no formal supply for users to buy the mainland can only be purchased at high prices through illegal channels into the mainland market, foreign products, thereby stimulating a number of offshore vendors employ a "water off" the smuggling profits. In addition, some travelers still prefer the product purchase and can not wait to bring immigrants.

As the strict customs control measures, illicit traders will iPad computer smuggled large quantities is very difficult, so they are now mostly taking ants, in a piecemeal way, the employment of some people from inside and outside several times a day, entrainment computer smuggling immigration, which is usually employed by customs known as "water off." Luohu Customs Office of the Vice-Ren Wuying interview, said: "This iPad tablet PCs, each carrying a water customer, you can get 50 with labor charges."

Smuggling not only undermine the country's economic order, but also to the loss of state tax revenue. The smuggling iPad Although tempting, but since there is no warranty, quality, a problem can not return to find repair business. It is learned that in July iPad, including Hong Kong, China, including nine foreign countries and regions listed, the Hong Kong market iPad into the Mainland market through illegal channels, the risk will be further increased.

To this end, the Shenzhen Customs is by strengthening the positive control, strengthening the early warning of the risk of smuggling, increasing acts of smuggling illegal immigrants to bring iPad supervision. Of course, playing not only the Customs a private matter, the relevant departments should strengthen market supervision, so that parallel imports no place to go.

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