SHENZHEN: Chinese Customs officials have intensified their crackdown against the smugglers of Apple’s new iPhones, which have not been launched in the country so far.
The Customs officials had seized more than 200 iPhone 6 handsets smuggled from Hong Kong. Apple’s iPhones have been put on a list of 20 items on which duty must be paid in China.
The Huaqiang North Electronic Market of Shenzhen is one of the biggest grey markets for Apple and other electronic products in China and there the cost of a 16 GB iPhone 6 Plus varies from 11,000 to 15,000 yuan ($1,790 to $2,440).
