Smuggling of cloth soars in City

The amount of smuggled cloth seized in HCM City this year is nearly eight times that in the same period last year.

Nearly 300,000 metres of smuggled cloth, mostly from China, India and Thailand, has been seized so far this year compared to only 40,000 metres in the same period last year, according to the city's Market Management Bureau.

The rise in cloth smuggling is impacting domestic garment producers and posing a threat to consumers' health because it has not been tested for dangerous chemicals.

Most of the smuggled cloth was recently discovered at warehouses in District 5, District 8, Tan Phu and Binh Tan districts, and was destined for sale at An Dong, Binh Tay and other retail markets.

According to the bureau, after smuggled cloth is seized and the owners fined, the cloth gets auctioned then sold at markets without any testing for toxic chemicals like formaldehyde and aromatic amines.

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