Shenzhen sets limits for frequent Hong Kong visitors
Visitors who frequently cross the border are now barred from carrying anything other than "essential" items on any trip in the 15 days after they first enter Hong Kong under a new measure that came into force this month, according to the customs department here.
Shenzhen authorities have introduced restrictions of their own in a bid to stem the flow of goods from Hong Kong being carried over the border to be resold.
Visitors who frequently cross the border are now barred from carrying anything other than "essential" items on any trip in the 15 days after they first enter Hong Kong under a new measure that came into force this month, according to the customs department here.
Mainland visitors can carry up to 5,000 yuan (HK$6,200) worth of goods tax-free on their first trip over the border. That cap previously applied to every border crossing.
Customs and Excise commissioner Clement Cheung Wan-ching on Wednesday described it as a "very targeted and powerful" measure.
The department was also preparing for a planned two-tin, or 1.8kg, baby milk powder restriction for any person leaving Hong Kong. The proposal to amend the import and export law, announced last Friday, was expected to get Executive Council approval later this month.
Cheung said visitors crossing the border would be under close scrutiny: "I do not exclude the possibility of parallel trader groups attempting to test our [enforcement] capacity at the start of the measure.