210,000 tonnes of smuggled rice seized in China
Over 210,000 tonnes of smuggled rice worth 1.26 billion yuan ($205 million) was seized in China last year, a customs official has revealed.
The anti-smuggling bureau of General Administration of Customs (GAC) cracked 467 cases linked to rice in 2014 in a special drive against the smuggling of agricultural products, GAC’s deputy head Zhu Feng said Saturday .The campaign, dubbed “Green Wind”, mainly targetted grains, frozen meat products, sugar, cotton and cooking oil.
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