Illegal Purchases Of Luxury Goods Broke Out

In recent years

With the continuous increase of the number of people entering and leaving the country, the phenomenon of illegal purchasing of name brand goods has become increasingly prominent, and even the so-called "financial management" has appeared.

South Korea's customs office believes that the violation of illegal purchasing phenomenon is showing a trend of explosion. In addition to the excessive pursuit of luxury goods, some people hope to use the name brand to escape profits.

The Korean customs had a special attack on this, but because of

There are a lot of tricks.

Illegal purchase of luxury goods is on the rise.

South Korea's "Central Daily" recently reported a typical case of illegal purchasing: just 8 this year, at the end of this month, Korean Lee, who flew to Cebu from Philippines to Cebu, was inspected by the Korean customs at the International Airport.

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It bought a watch worth 3000 dollars, but the customs officer did not find the watch from Lee's luggage or body.

Li argued that it had been sent to local friends in Philippines.

But at the same time, customs officers inspected the wrist from the same flight and found that the watch on their hands was the one bought by Lee in a duty-free shop.

At the beginning, Huang did not know Lee, and insisted that he bought it from a Korean department store.

But when the customs officers inquired in detail when and where and how much money they paid for the table, Li and Hwang were speechless.

Huang finally admitted that he was brought in by a friend.

As Lee and Hwang both violated the Korean customs law, they were fined 680 thousand won (1 won, or 0.005716 yuan), and watches were confiscated.

According to relevant Korean laws, Koreans travel overseas without reporting, bringing home duty-free items to US $400, but many people are lucky enough to try to bring back expensive luxury goods (over US $400) purchased from overseas or duty-free shops without returning to the customs.

Recently, the so-called "Chanel finance" has been popular in South Korea, that is, to bring thousands of dollars worth of famous brand bags or watches to China, and then earn the difference after being sold online.

In particular, the phenomenon of illegal purchasing of brand-name goods by family members or tour groups has increased significantly recently.

According to the data released by the customs office of Korea in October 15th, as of August this year, the number of people entering the duty-free territory reached as high as 205000 in just half a year, which has reached 85% of the number (240 thousand) of last year's exposure.

In particular, the number of illegal purchases increased significantly, with the largest number of purchases of over brand packages, involving 38 thousand yuan, involving an amount of 9 billion 400 million won, an increase of 31% and 33% respectively over 2010.

Li Wanyu, the New World Party member of South Korea, presented information in October 15th. As of August this year, 194 cases of illegal purchasing by the Korean customs were reported and the amount involved was as high as 496 million won.

In 2011, there were only 81 cases of illegal purchasing cases involving 2 billion, 7 million won.

That is to say, the amount of illegal purchase this year has increased by more than 1 times over that of last year.

Among the items illegally purchased, the most famous brands are 145 pieces, followed by the name list (36 pieces), gold jewellery (8 pieces), and famous brand clothing (3 pieces).

South Korean customs to carry out special rectification

In South Korea, illegal purchasing is found to be severely punished.

Not only the clients, but also the errands who buy them should be punished.

Goods purchased illegally shall be confiscated by the customs and shall be fined 20% to 60% of the actual price of the goods respectively.

As of August this year, the South Korean customs imposed a fine of 198 million won (about 1131849 yuan) for illegal purchase, which is 1 times higher than that of last year (85 million won).

According to South Korea's statistics, in 2011, the largest brand beyond the limit was Louis Weedon, involving 474 billion 400 million won, and the second was Nike, involving 465 billion 200 million won, followed by Chanel (429 billion 600 million won), GUCCI (252 billion 200 million won), and Cartire (205 billion 200 million won).

Many people are risking the risk of being seized by the customs, and the main reason why they take the overseas famous brand bags back to Korea is that the price difference between domestic and overseas famous brands is very different.

Take Chanel's "2.55 retro big bag", which is very popular in Korea recently, for example, the selling price in the department store is 7 million 400 thousand won, and the same bag can be bought in France for 5 million 400 thousand won.

That is to say, if the tax evasion is successful, an illegal purchase of such a package will earn the difference between the round-trip air tickets and the travel expenses. This is also a new way of "financing" recently appeared in Korea.

The price of famous brand in Korea is so expensive. Besides the popularity of Korean brand names and the endless popularity of famous brands, the deliberate increase in prices of some businesses is also an important factor.

Take Chanel's "2.55 retro large package" as an example, the package sold for 3 million 340 thousand won in Korea in 2008, but it rose to 5 million 390 thousand won in 2010, and this year it again raised the price to 7 million 400 thousand won.

Prada (Prada) last year raised the average price of goods sold in Korea by an average of 5%, and Louis Weedon also raised the price of goods two times last year.

According to the ROK free trade agreement (FTA), which came into effect last year, South Korea sharply reduced tariffs on packages from Europe, but South Korean consumers did not get tangible benefits. Some European brands increased their prices.

Because these brands pursue the so-called luxury strategy, they believe that "the more expensive the price is, the better they will sell".

It is Korean society's excessive enthusiasm for famous brands that only leads to the high price of some famous brands. This absurd high price policy has encouraged the spread of illegal purchasing.

In particular, since 2013, South Korea will levy an individual consumption tax on luxury goods sold in the country, so the prices of Korean domestic brands may continue to rise, and the phenomenon of illegal purchasing can be more serious.

In order to curb the increasing number of illegal purchases and duty-free products, the South Korean customs office concentrated on holidays this summer from July 16th to August 31st.

The number of people traveling abroad in Korea in the first half of this year was 21 million 630 thousand, an increase of 16% over the same period last year.

Prior to the Korean customs, the baggage inspection rate for international passengers was 30%, while the focus was a slight increase.

According to the relevant regulations of the Korean customs, if the customs declaration is not carried out after the end of the overseas trip, the prohibited articles will be subject to 30% tax, and the obvious illegal acts such as purchasing agents will be punished severely by confiscation of articles.

Buying tricks is difficult.

At the customs inspection site of Inchon airport in South Korea, such a situation often occurs. Many people are being seen to be innocent after being checked out by other customs. They say they are helping others and hope to be exempted from punishment.

Some people simply claim that purchasing goods are fake products bought abroad, hoping to muddle through.

Even some people claim that this is a gift for relatives, and they question "why do we need to pay customs duties"? The most stupid way is to rush through the customs.

However, recently, various new purchasing methods are appearing in an endless stream, and customs officers often find it difficult to detect them.

For example, when someone was leaving the country, he took a cheap instrument and put it in an instrument box. After waiting abroad, he threw it away or gave it away, then bought expensive musical instruments and put them in the original instrument box, and attempted to entrapment through customs.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for customs officers to conduct inspections.

Recently, another popular trend of illegal purchasing is "time difference entry", which can also avoid customs inspection.

For example, A and B go overseas at the same time. A buys extra luxuries in duty-free shops. When returning to China, the entrusted B may take the same day's other flights, or stagger one day to return home, so as to help A bring back some of the items.

Moreover, people who want to buy on the Internet are also likely to use the Internet to look for purchasing errands, and give some economic rewards after they are completed, which is even more difficult to investigate.

In February this year, Inchon airport customs also announced the investigation and handling of an overseas purchasing luxury luxury group.

Pei, a 39 year old, saw the idea of making profit after seeing that the second hand product package was very popular in South Korea.

Since the second half of 2008, Pei and other 3 people have bought second-hand luxury bags and watches in Japan, and entrusted them to acquaintances who have returned to the Korean plan, asking them to bring them to Korea in the name of their own products.

Not only that, Pei and others also used Seoul, Busan and other places to mail these second-hand products back to Korea by mail. Because the consignee locations were scattered, they escaped the customs supervision.

Pei and so on in the past 3 years, the Communist Party of China has purchased a second-hand brand worth 500 million won, and sold through its own website, generally selling 30% to 40% than the purchase price.

At present, not only 3 people such as Pei and others were put on file by the Korean police, but also 7 other Koreans who helped them to purchase were fined 50 million won.