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Customs seize leather for wrong declaration
2009/4/1
Three consignments of unfinished leather, worth US$122,954, declared as finished leather, were seized by the Customs officials at the Chennai Port, The Hindu reported.
According to C. Rajan, Commissioner of Customs (Imports), exporters in order to evade payment of export duty and to avail undue drawback, attempted to export the leather materials after wrongly declaring them as finished leather.
Of the total consignments, two were stuffed in one container and moved to the Chennai Port for export to Germany. The container was stopped and an examination revealed that it was unfinished crust leather.
Unfinished leathers attracted export duty for which no drawback is available, Rajan said. The exporters had attempted to evade payment of duty to the tune of $25,780 and in addition have claimed ineligible drawback amount of $7,932.
In another case China-made electronic and consumer goods found in two containers were under valued.
Rajan said one of the consignments was declared as having materials worth $21,814. When the authorities examined the container they found calculators, locks, scissors and CD bags, which were not properly declared and were found to be grossly undervalued. The total value of the goods found in the container was about $113,039. Subsequent opening of the second container revealed that it contained clocks, gift items and show pieces totally worth $35,696.
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2009/4/2