Nghe An: Handling nearly 10,000 cases of contraband, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods

(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An is one of the localities that always faces many difficulties in the fight against smuggling and trade fraud. Although the situation in the area has decreased, the activities of the subjects are more sophisticated and complicated.

In the first 10 months of 2016, the provincial Steering Committee 389 against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods inspected and handled 9,793 violations; the total value of fines collected was estimated at nearly 316 billion VND.

Of which, administrative fines are nearly 87 billion VND; fines and tax arrears are over 151 billion VND; the value of infringing goods is estimated at over 77 billion VND. Infringing goods include: Prohibited goods, smuggled goods, goods violating food safety and hygiene, counterfeit goods, and expired goods.

Counterfeit BQ brand men's shoes were seized at the Market Management Agency.

During the year, the forces have strengthened market inspection and ensured food safety, thus, many cases of transporting livestock and poultry of unknown origin, chemicals, and agricultural products that do not ensure food safety and hygiene have been detected and handled.

According to the total data, in 10 months, the following were detected and handled: more than 20 thousand heads and nearly 16 thousand kg of smuggled poultry; 289 heads and 11,697 kg of smuggled livestock, 159,300 poultry eggs, 46,862 breeding poultry, 23,239 kg of poultry products, 51,420 kg of seafood, 144 kg of food additives, 3,000 kg of processed foods, 55 tons of fresh bamboo shoots, 38.5 kg of chemicals, 885.5 kg of dry seeds, 684 liters of rice vinegar, 3,885 kg of fruits, 3,885 kg of other agricultural products...

Many smuggled cosmetics have been detected and handled by authorities.

The police, market management forces, and relevant agencies have organized inspections, detected, and promptly handled violations of production and trading of counterfeit, fake, poor-quality, and expired goods. Specifically: 490 paint cans of various types, 46 bottles/cans of laundry detergent, 770 bottles of fake dishwashing liquid; 193,560 fake storm-proof brackets, 952 fake MSG packages; 9,010 fake fried flour packages; 103.25 tons of fake fertilizer; 1,152 fake cosmetic packages; 9,743 bottles/cans of expired soft drinks...

Fake and smuggled cosmetics, expired fruit juice, apple juice of unknown origin.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thang - Deputy Head of the Provincial Market Management Department said: The market situation, goods prices at the end of the year, especially in the first quarter of 2017, will have many fluctuations due to the consumption demand of the people during Tet. Therefore, the Market Management Department coordinates with forces such as the police, customs... to launch a peak period to fight against smuggling, trade fraud and production and trading of counterfeit goods.

Along with that, it is necessary to carry out well the propaganda and legal education work widely to all classes of people through mass media to raise awareness of businesses as well as consumers: Do not trade, assist, protect, consume smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, goods of unknown origin; at the same time, strictly comply with the provisions of the law in commercial business activities.

Thu Huyen