Recently, the customs has frequently reported cases of seizing dangerous goods and concealing them. It can be seen that there are still many shippers and freight forwarders who are taking chances and taking risks to make profits, and they have repeatedly banned them. ...

Recently, the customs issued another notice, and many customs offices seized many cases of concealing dangerous goods when inspecting import and export goods, involving lithium batteries, lead-acid batteries, hazardous chemicals, dangerous goods and so on.

Recently, Dapeng Customs, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Customs, seized 300 lead-acid batteries of undeclared dangerous goods in the freight export channel. The customs officers of Dapeng Customs found 300 undeclared lead-acid batteries, weighing 650 kilograms, when they inspected a ticket of goods declared as "speakers and microphones" in general trade. The UN dangerous goods number of this commodity is UN2800, which belongs to Class 8 dangerous goods.

On May 18th, Huanggang Customs, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Customs, seized 30 lithium iron phosphate batteries of dangerous goods in the freight export channel without the Appraisal Result Sheet for the Use of Transport Packaging of Outbound Dangerous Goods. When the customs officers of Huanggang Customs inspected a batch of lithium iron phosphate batteries declared for export by a company in Shenzhen in the form of B2B direct export of cross-border e-commerce, they found that the goods belonged to the ninth category of dangerous goods and did not meet the exemption conditions for packaging of dangerous goods, so the enterprise could not provide the corresponding Appraisal Result Sheet for the Use of Transport Packaging of Outbound Dangerous Goods.

Recently, when the customs officers of Foshan Customs Office in Nanhai inspected the "hardware, paper towels" and other goods declared by a company, they found that there were some bottled goods hidden in the middle of the container that were not declared to the customs. The words "locking agent" and "medium dry solvent" are printed on the surface of these barreled goods, with a total weight of 3400 kg. Upon verification, this batch of goods is 12 barrels of dichloromethane cleaning agent, weighing 3000 kg, belonging to Class 6.1 dangerous goods; Dry solvent in 20 barrels, weighing 400 kg, belongs to Class 3 dangerous goods.

Recently, when the customs officers of Nansha Customs under Guangzhou Customs inspected a ticket of goods exported from cross-border e-commerce, they found a batch of goods packed in cartons that were not declared to the customs. After opening the carton, the on-site customs officers found that the carton was filled with a large number of white foam particles, and seized a batch of metal bottled liquids from it, and the bottles were printed with obvious dangerous goods signs. After being sent to a professional organization for testing, it is confirmed that the goods are toluene diisocyanate, isophorone, diisocyanate and blocked polyisocyanate, all of which belong to dangerous chemicals (class 6.1 toxic substances), with a total of 35 bottles and a weight of 35 kg.

Recently, the Customs of Tianjin Free Trade Zone, which belongs to Tianjin Customs, checked the dangerous goods in the freight export channel and failed to report 47 tons of dangerous goods "ammonium hydrogen fluoride". "Ammonium hydrogen fluoride" is listed in China's Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition), which belongs to the eighth category of dangerous goods, and the United Nations dangerous goods number is 1727. The enterprise fails to declare the UN number, dangerous category, packaging category and UN mark of dangerous goods to the customs.

In recent months, due to the continuous discovery of false reports of dangerous goods, major shipping companies have issued announcements reaffirming the strengthening of the management of false reports/false reports of goods, and will impose heavy penalties on those who report dangerous goods. * * * A shipping company fined 30,000 USD/box! For details, please consult the relevant shipping company.

On May 12th, COSCO Shipping Container Lines also issued the Notice to Customers on Reiterating the Regulation of Shipment of Dangerous Goods. Once again, the shipper and the entrusted party are reminded to abide by the entrustment obligations and ensure that the consigned goods conform to our transportation policy, and shall not be concealed, misrepresented, misreported or omitted. Otherwise, all losses and expenses suffered will be recovered from the responsible party, and the right to pursue its responsibility through legal channels will be reserved.

In addition, the Maritime Safety Administration severely investigated and dealt with an illegal act of carrying dangerous goods in ordinary cargo containers, and imposed an administrative penalty of 154,000 yuan on the cargo shipper.

In recent years, under the strict investigation of customs and maritime affairs and the heavy punishment of shipping companies, major ports still frequently seize dangerous goods and conceal major cases, and many responsible persons have been taken criminal compulsory measures.

Once again, in 2023, the Customs has launched the "Special Action against False Reporting of Import and Export Dangerous Goods". Customs, maritime affairs, shipping companies, etc. are all investigating dangerous goods concealment and other behaviors! Do not conceal the rush goods! Dear freight forwarding friends, remind our customers again!