Chinese customs seized 600 tons of essential oils smuggled from the US into China.
The smuggled goods were worth about $45 million (300 million yuan), according to Xinhua. Twenty people were detained after the shipment was seized.
Up to now, the details of the confiscated products are still very vague, only described as "electronic cigarette oil", it is not known if there are other products besides essential oils, according to preliminary estimates, the number of essential oils confiscated is about 187 thousand bottles.
It can be said that this customs raid was extremely large-scale, with 320 police officers participating in the investigation of 4 companies based in Shenzhen and Xiamen, which are the main suppliers of e-cigarette essential oils for the Chinese market.
According to Xinhua News Agency, this information comes from Mr. Zhou Bin, Director of Gongbei Customs Bureau. Mr. Zhou shared with reporters that China's e-cigarette sales have increased continuously by 300% in recent years.
He also added that the majority of e-liquids sold in China are imported from abroad. This is itself strange because the production of e-cigarette devices and e-liquids originated in China, and there are two major e-liquid manufacturers in the country, Hangsen and Dekang.
Source: Jim McDonald - Vaping360
Translated by: The Vape Club
