China released customs data for September showing higher imports of commodities in general, and record imports of crude oil in particular.
China's customs authorities provide data for its exports to North Korea through last November.
Last year several ships were seized in the South China Sea by China's customs, or its navy, and accused of smuggling.
As of today, China slaps excessive customs duties on imported products, especially branded consumer goods, which end up making them almost 50% dearer than those available in overseas markets.
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So while China's size will be a huge opportunity for Chinese people and the rest of the world as they consume more, it might not mean China and its customs will be copied all over the world, as has been the case for America over the past 50 years since it became so important.
In 2000 Customs returned to China a marble wall panel of a warrior that had guarded a 10th-century tomb.
But for all of Disney's avowed aim to "correctly portray the images and customs" of China, how native can the production be?
If China decided to relax its customs duties, this could result in Estee Lauder gaining close to 8% market share of global skin care by 2012.
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In the last six years customs officials in China have nabbed more than 25, 000 pieces of artifacts illegally bound for international markets, says Cultural Heritage Watch, a nongovernment group based in Beijing.
In the last six years customs officials in China have nabbed more than 25, 000 pieces of artifacts illegally bound for international markets, says Cultural Heritage Watch, a nongovernmental group based in Beijing.
Customs data shows that China imported 14.4% more iron ore in the quarter but paid 59.5% more for each ton.
Customs data showed that China imported 9, 300 tonnes of polysilicon from the EU in the first half of the year, an increase of 30.8% from a year earlier.
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Chinese conservationists say the logs from Papua are shipped to China with falsified Malaysian paperwork, which Chinese customs officials are unable to verify.
Xu smuggled goods and trans-shipped them from China into another country, shielding them from customs investigations by packing them into drums of chemicals, and then shipping to various ports throughout Europe.
One container held 2, 000 AK-47 assault rifles made in China, according to the U.S. Customs Service.
When returning to China, his customers risk having them confiscated at customs, Deng said.
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Posing as mobsters, Customs agents bought the automatic rifles from China Ocean workers and later arrested the suspects.
More arrived every day from Italy and Germany, France and China, Russia and Greece, bringing with them their odd customs and habits, their peculiar religions and strange tongues.
As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is at the centre of a host of beliefs and customs, including oral traditions, religious ceremonies and folk practices, throughout the country s coastal areas.
China sentenced 14 people to death in the biggest corruption case of the Communist era, among them senior police and customs officials.
All told, China exports rose by more than 15 percent in May versus the same period last year, the General Administration of Customs said Sunday from Beijing.
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