3 years only seized rare earth smuggling 16,000 tons of customs inspectors powerless

Every reporter Zhang Guodong from Beijing successive years of special crackdown, so that many attempts to borrow rare earth smuggling dafa Bu Lawless customs.　　Yesterday (October 13), "Daily economic news" reporter from the Qingdao Customs Advocacy Section reclassified interview learned that the Qingdao Customs in a special operation seized a large rare earth smuggling case, the involved rare Earth products worth 105 million yuan, related to the tax 10.52 million yuan. In the face of the increasingly serious situation of rare earth smuggling, China customs is increasing supervision and improving the inspection rate of goods.　　However, the daily economic news reporter investigation found that, despite repeated arrests, but the total number of rare earth smuggling investigation is relatively small, there are still a large number of rare earth smuggling business "slip through the cracks" at large.　　Name of the rare earth smuggling high-profile media reported that the Qingdao customs recently seized a case of rare earth smuggling, the smuggling of rare Earth products worth 105 million yuan, tax-related 10.52 million yuan, all the people involved have been captured and severely punished by the law. "This case was detected last year in a special operation," he said. "October 13, Qingdao Customs Advocacy Section reclassified to the" Daily economic news, "the reporter revealed that the rare earth has been the key to the seizure of goods," We have repeatedly held a special action. " "At that time, Zibo a customs broker to export to Japan more than 4,000 tons of cargo, but customs inspectors soon found a hidden mystery." "The biggest exception is that he applied to the Customs declaration of the name and the name of the warehouse list is inconsistent."　　"Anti-Smuggling personnel found that in the declaration of Export Declarations to the customs, the name of the goods are non-rare-earth products iron oxide red, but on the warehouse list is called lanthanum oxide rare earth products." "Since China has strict restrictions on the export quotas for rare earths, it is possible to smuggle rare earths if the name of the goods does not match."　　"Qingdao Customs anti-smuggling Bureau investigators in the media interview said. Since then, the investigators have been involved in the staff 逄某 left in the office of Business records, plus the repatriation of a large number of data from abroad, thus perfecting the evidence chain.　　As a result, the smuggling of rare earths has gradually surfaced. The person involved in a Japanese company signed a supply contract, from a rare earth origin in Inner Mongolia procured more than 4,100 tons of rare earth oxides, and then the task of the delivery of goods to 逄某, and promised to pay after 逄某 more than 8 million yuan customs clearance wouldn't. 逄某 took over, and did not pull this batch of oxides directly to Qingdao Wharf, but in Qingdao rented a warehouse storage.　　In order to reduce the risk, 逄某 then to Zibo to find a customs declaration company, ask the other side for customs clearance, and customs use of the contract, invoices, are from the illegal company bought false documents.　　Customs inspection powerless Rare earth as a special commodity, has been the focus of customs inspection objects. Reporters from familiar with the investigation of rare earths business people understand that after years of special crackdown, the Chinese customs from 2008 to now has seized more than 16,000 tons of rare earth smuggling, "The face of rare earthsWith the increasingly rampant smuggling, China's Customs and Excise Department is also increasing supervision and improving the inspection rate of goods. "Shenzhen customs announced earlier, after careful investigation, cracked minerals exports of rare earths, Ferromanganese, magnesium ingots and other mineral series cases, a total of 25 cases seized, involving amounted to 215 million yuan, tax-related 36 million yuan." In Dalian and Nanjing, there are also repeated cases of rare earth smuggling uncovered news.　　Earlier, some industry insiders to the "Daily economic news" Reporter said that the recognized annual rare earth smuggling volume of about 20,000 tons.　　Reporter investigation found that, although the people involved have been arrested, but the current smuggling of rare earths by Customs is still relatively low, a large number of rare earth smuggling business "slip through the cracks" at large. It is understood that the rare earth raw materials have hundreds of species, the color is more white or pale pink, if not through professional testing, in the physical appearance is difficult to distinguish clearly. "The number of border customs in China, the detection level and the awareness of anti-Rare-earth smuggling is also uneven."　　Baotou a rare earth processing enterprise personage says. The reporter learned that the customs each year handling a wide range of export products, a large number of metal minerals and non-metallic categories are many. In order to evade the country's rare earth renovation, many criminals try to deal with the change of smuggling patterns. "Rare earth species are often smuggled by other names, the customs faced with a lot of changes in the name, it should be said that we are faced with all kinds of smuggling activities are numerous, which also increased the difficulty of auditing."　　"The above Qingdao Customs Advocacy section reclassified Personage admits to the reporter. The difficulty of auditing is also due to the sharp decline of rare-earth export quotas.　　Reporter learned that in previous years, nearly 60,000 tons of rare earth quotas are relatively small, and the quota of more than 30,000 tons this year, with the increase in international demand, rare earth smuggling "high profit returns, low seizure rate" so that more and more people desperate. The authoritative data from the daily economic news reporter showed that in 2007, China's annual Rare-earth quota of 59994 tons, 2008 total of 47448.7 tons, 2009 to 50145.1 tons, and this year the country increased the number of Rare-earth quota control, reduced to 30258 tons. "Today's quota of rare earths is like the original food stamps, and it is now concentrated in a handful of companies, and prices are rising so fast that it is not surprising that there is a sale of quotas and the smuggling of rare earths." The director of Ganzhou Rare Earth Association said in an interview with the Daily economic news reporter.