Hong Kong to start with 2 cans of milk powder per person

You Guangzhou, "dad daddy" attention! Starting today, Hong Kong’s Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013 was formally implemented to limit the number of milk powders exported by departing persons – no more than two cans per person. Offenders can be fined upon conviction 500,000 yuan and imprisonment for two years.

Yesterday, New Express reporter went to Hong Kong to interview and found that many Guangzhou "dust-triggers" specifically asked for leave to catch "last train" to buy milk powder.

Popularity: The three basic milk powder products were basically out of stock Yesterday, when the reporter arrived at the Luohu Port in Hong Kong, the Express reporter clearly felt the tense atmosphere before the implementation of the “Limiting Milk Order”. The Customs and Excise Department has already launched propaganda on the new regulations.

In addition to sending leaflets at the immigration control points, the “milk restriction orders” poster posted by the Customs and Excise Department can also be seen at the pharmacies in the northern districts of Sheung Shui and Fanling and at the entrances to the cross-border transport facilities linking Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau. amount.

The reporter visited a number of pharmacies and supermarkets and found that Hong Kong’s imported milk powder was not bought on the basis of purchase. Mead Johnson’s, Mezo Sujia, and Niu Lan’s three most popular foreign milk powders were basically sold out.

It is understood that as the new measures are being implemented, more and more mainlanders go to Hong Kong to buy milk powder. Because too many people buy milk powder, some brands are in short supply, and convenience stores like PARKnSHOP, Wellcome, Wanning, and Watsons have begun to purchase milk powder. The parents who made a special trip to Hong Kong to scan the goods were greatly disappointed.

In the vicinity of the Sheung Shui MTR station in the “Hei Ke” area, three of the five pharmacies on Xinfeng Road called Meisujia and Mead Johnson milk powder out of stock. The same applies to a supermarket and Watson’s. Recovery of supply is still unknown.

In supermarkets and Watsons' shelves, there will be a “warm reminder” beside the Mead Johnson milk powder price tag: To protect customers from buying the required baby milk powder, each customer is limited to buying 4 cans of milk powder each day, failing to provide the remaining goods service. .

Crazy: Someone dragged three boxes untiringly, “Dad and Dad” had to be transferred to Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, Harbour City and other regions. Some Mainland parents told reporters: “Regardless of how supermarkets purchase, in short, how many cans of milk we have How many cans to sweep."

Ms. Liu, a white-collar worker in Guangzhou, is a member of the “tow milk powder” in advance to Hong Kong.

After returning from Hong Kong, Ms. Liu exclaimed to the reporter: “Almost all of the things I saw in the pass were to “dust”, dragging eight cans and ten cans. The most exaggerated was that there were individuals dragging three boxes. Hey, ah! "However, Ms. Liu is no less, dragging a total of 10 cans of milk powder home.

In contrast, the two customs gates at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau are showing another scene - at the exit close to the port and entering the mainland, dozens of "water passengers" gather and there is only one bulging "red, white and blue." "The shopping bag is on its side, like a big bag of goods. Someone helped the lining and the "red, white and blue" bag was opened. The reporter found out that the bag contained a dozen cans of milk powder.

The reporter asked the price as a buyer, but these "water visitors" did not care. After a long time, there was finally a "water player" called "Aqin" willing to talk. She claimed to be a Hong Kong person. She had been continuously purchasing milk powder from Hong Kong in the past month. The buyer who resold it to Shenzhen yesterday was the last opportunity to bring milk powder before the “restriction period.” She returned to Hong Kong and Shenzhen 3 times a morning and brought out 10 cans of milk powder. .

â– Guangzhou "The purchase price is equivalent to the price of the past"

There is a shop saying supply is unstable, Hong Kong version of milk powder "seafood price"

With Hong Kong's milk powder banding order approaching, the price of the Hong Kong version of the foreign milk powder sold in Guangzhou's maternal and child stores has already formed a “one price per day” rise. The most exaggerated unit price of 900 grams of milk powder has risen by 60 yuan. The increase in prices is directly related to the rise in freight rates of Hong Kong imports. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the "water passenger" that a new round of rising prices with powder prices has become a fixed trend.

Shop "One price per day"

Yesterday, the reporter learned from a baby and maternity store in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, who sold Hong Kong version of foreign milk powder. Due to the increasingly tight supply, the suppliers of Mead Johnson, Mesut Jerger, and Abbott were all under tight supply of milk powder, Wyeth, and cattle. Bar brands such as the Hong Kong version of milk powder have been out of stock.

“In the past, the purchases were all batches, and now Hong Kong acquaintances will send goods to the market first, so the source of goods will be intermittent.” The clerk said that because of the unstable supply, the purchase price is also soaring. Milk powder will be a price for a day. "The current purchase price is equivalent to the price in the past, and there is a unit price of 900 grams of milk powder rose by 60 yuan." The clerk said that in order to deal with, in the future may be sent directly back from abroad.

"Water passengers" price increases are not bargaining "The cost of milk powder is 40 yuan per can. After 1 March, it is difficult to say." Yesterday at 11 am, on the flyover outside the Hong Kong Sheung Shui subway station exit D, as always There are many “water passengers” waiting to bring goods. The reporter learned from one of the women that the price of powdered milk per can was only RMB 10 yuan before the introduction of milk powder, but after the introduction of regulations, the freight rate rose 3 times in February. “It started to rise to RMB 30 and then it went up to 35. Yuan, "said the woman. "If the mainland guests don't mind, they'll be cheaper than the mainland, so we don't bargain."

However, after the banding order is formally implemented today, the price of “with powder” must continue to rise, and “water passengers” must “look at the actual situation to re-price”. A “water passenger” said: “You can only bring 2 cans after each, 10 cans of milk powder equal to 5 people to help, not how to go?”

â–  Experts rumored that the foreign milk formula was misunderstood. After the melamine incident in 2008, the confidence of the domestic milk powder in the mainland fell to the bottom. The foreign brands of foreign milk powder became the first choice for many parents, and it was alleged that many infants drank the same brands. After the Hong Kong version of milk powder, he refused to drink homemade milk powder. In this regard, the dairy industry expert Wang Dingmian said: The foreign milk powder is more misunderstood!

A mainland mother said: “The foreign milk powder is more easily accepted by the baby than the domestic milk powder. Although the Hong Kong version and the Mainland version of the milk powder are of the same brand, although the milk source is the same, the mainland sales and the Hong Kong sales are different. It seems safer.” They worked tirelessly and went to Hong Kong to “dust”. Wang Dingmian pointed out that domestic and foreign milk powders are basically the same in formulation, nutrition indicators are basically the same, only a very small adjustment range. "Milk powder or light taste is just a matter of taste, because the processing technology and the added ingredients are different. Some people think that the higher the nutritional value of the more milk powder, this is a misunderstanding. The baby has a memory trace of the taste, the first time the milk decided Now, it's not a habit to drink anything else.” Wang Dingmian said that the Mainland version of Yang milk powder and Hong Kong version of foreign milk powder contained the same substances and production conditions, and no difference in nutrition. “There is a lack of science to distinguish between domestic and foreign countries. in accordance with".

“In the past, one person could bring 10 cans. Now only 2 cans can be brought to each person. If 10 cans of milk powder equals 5 people, how can it be done?”

- A "water passenger" said â–  Online shopping "transit to Hong Kong" and "direct mail" together rose market prices, the Internet can not follow. Taobao had a business advance notice yesterday, Hong Kong purchasing milk powder to increase prices.

Mr. Wong, a Taobao shopkeeper who is engaged in British milk purchasing, told the Express reporter that purchasing milk powder in Europe is expected to increase in price within two weeks. The reason is that the channels for customs clearance sent to Hong Kong have been narrowed and the logistics cost has been rising. Uniform access to European direct mail channels can easily cause the supply of goods to fall short of demand.

The reporter saw an eye-catching announcement on the website of “Bao Bao You Da” on Taobao’s shop “Price increases on March 1. Please buy as soon as possible”. The owner admits that the increase in purchasing costs stems from the increased difficulty of “bringing powder”. “We will continue to do our best and the whole family will mobilize to purchase.”

According to the owner of Taobao, Mr. Huang introduced that his milk powder from the United Kingdom was sent through Hong Kong for customs clearance and direct mail. The form of air transport to Hong Kong for customs clearance is to send hundreds of cans of milk powder to Hong Kong in a one-off manner, and then pass through the customs clearance company to ask passengers to carry goods back from Hong Kong. As Hong Kong's crackdown on parallel imports increased, the prices of customs clearance cargoes rose from 16 yuan a kilogram last year to more than 30 yuan a kilogram this year. Mr. Huang predicts that after today's restrictions on the use of milk powder, Hong Kong customs clearance fees for milk powder will definitely rise again.

As for the direct mail model, it means that passengers have to bear the expensive international air freight alone. “Each can of milk powder is 10-15 yuan more expensive than air freight and then customs clearance in Hong Kong.” In the past, only 40% of customers were willing to choose direct mail. "But now it will inevitably follow prices together."