US catches China with fingers in honey jar

Call it a case of honey laundering.

US officials said they had mounted a sting operation against two major firms illegally importing honey from China and selling it on the American market, avoiding US$180 million (HK$1.4 billion) in anti-dumping duties.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) described the bust as “one of the largest criminal anti-dumping cases in history.”

The offence involved Chinese honey either being mis-declared as another commodity or trans-shipped through other countries such as India, Russia and Thailand to avoid trade duties.

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