Tag: Customs check
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China’s Tightened Custom Checks Create Panic among Chinese Steel Exporters, Results in Delayed Shipments
In June 2018, China’s customs authority had carried out a crackdown on the smuggling of scrap and waste steel in an operation that was launched amid a rapid increase in country’s scrap export volumes. While Chinese exports of scrap steel surged to 2.2 MnT in 2017, up from just 1,000 tonnes in 2016, officials also…