Heavy Loss to Customs Show by Latest Figures Smuggling continued at a vigorous! pace in North China during the week from January 11 to 17, causing the losses "in Customs revenue to reach the figure of C.G.U. 17425522 or $89,730,189 up to January 17'for the four categories of Iilielt goods, name-Jy artificial silk yarn, cigarette paper, sugar and Kerosene, 'A total of 142 bags of cigarette oper, 4,889 packages of plecegoods, 12,309" eases Of kerosene, "631. bess of artificial silk yarn, 16,713 bags of sugar, and 9,525 packages of sundry Gui articles were smuggled into Tientsin through the East "Railway station from. the "demilitarized zone" for} the week under review, according to information from the Customs; authorities, While "a slight decrease was! registered in the volume of smuggled artifelat silk yarn, sugar and sun~ Gries as compared with that for the previous fortnight, a slight increase was reported in the volume of cigarette paper, plecegoods and kerosene.
The amount of evaded Customs utes for the four categories of contraband, namely artificial silk yarn, cigarette paper, sugar and kerosene was calculated "at Customs Gold Units 203,000. "As the average weight of plecegoods and sundries was not known, the amount of evaded Customs duties could not be estimated.
For the fortnight from January 4 to January 17 a total of 60 trucks, escorted by Japanese and Koreans! and loaded swith flllelt goods, forced their way past the Customs ' barrier Hsiao Hsi Men, and it was be-Meved that many such trucks were' making use of other road exits from Between January 11 and 17, the Central News Agency states, a oral 3,090 bags of sugar and $36 packages of sundries were smuggled out of Tientsin fo other parts of China. by the Peiping-Mfukden and Tientsin-Pukow Railways,
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