Foreign goods are cheap. Chongqing tourists sweep the cargo home

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Tourists domestics very cheap
The recent frequent spread of Chinese tobacco, Yuxi Tobacco, Maotai and other high-end consumer goods domestic prices than foreign news, which makes travel abroad more than one thing to do: snapping up Chinese. Southwest University Logistics Department of Mr. Li last week to travel to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a local supermarket everyone accidentally found: five alcohol 9.65 USD/bottle, the equivalent of 64 yuan (in accordance with the 20th 1 U.S. dollars = 6.5885 yuan exchange rate intermediate price conversion, the following is the same), And the reporter yesterday in the liberation of the monument to see five of the price of alcohol for 118 yuan, more than the foreign expensive nearly one times; Maotai Welcome wine sold 14.15 U.S. dollars, converted to RMB 93 yuan, and the wine in Chongqing's prices for 119 yuan.  According to the guide, the owner of the supermarket is a local Chinese, found that tourists from China are very fond of buying Chinese, so the end of last year began to introduce China's tobacco and alcohol, business is very good.  In another store in the local Chinese tobacco 44 U.S. dollars/article, converted about 290 yuan, and Chongqing market to sell 450 yuan/article, Yuxi smoke local price of about 170 yuan, and Chongqing is 220 yuan. Seeing such a cheap commodity, many members began to sell.  Mr. Li bought 5 cigarettes, each cheaper than Chongqing 160 yuan, the equivalent of "earn" 800 yuan, another member bought 8 bottles of five-grain alcohol, yuxi Tobacco and other commodities also bought a lot. Chongqing Xilang Trading Co., Ltd., general manager of the import and export business Liu Dan often to the United States, he told reporters, in the United States a Chinese cigarette equivalent to RMB 211 yuan, cheaper than Cambodia. In some Chinese enclaves, the 1000ml 53-degree Maotai price is only 230 U.S. dollars, about 1500 yuan.  Many local Chinese are also keen to sweep the goods home. Why is it cheaper to export tax rebates for overseas Chinese products than domestic prices? Maotai Southwest associated with the general said, liquor exports are mostly cheaper than domestic, he only know that there are export tax rebate factors, other reasons are not clear.  The City Tobacco Monopoly Bureau also said it did not understand. See Standard tobacco and alcohol exemption provisions according to customs regulations, inbound passengers can only duty-free carrying 400 cigarettes, alcohol content 12 degrees above two bottles of wine, and not more than 1500 ml. The import of excess carrying entry shall be subject to customs duties. Reporter Miles
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