Hong Kong joins milk powder restriction on mainland market facing reshuffling

In early February of this year, the Hong Kong SAR Government proposed legislation to restrict the departure of infant formula milk powder. Recently, the Hong Kong government formally published the Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013 in the Gazette, recommending that unless the Director of Trade and Industry issues a permit, exports from Hong Kong for infants and young children under 36 months are prohibited. Formula powder, including milk powder and soy milk powder.

The law stipulates that the Hong Kong government allows every person aged 16 or above to take formula milk powder with a net weight of not more than 1.8 kilograms, taking into consideration the possibility that the person leaving the country may need to use it for their own use. Since the maximum weight of milk powder packaging on the market is 900 grams, this means that each person can only take 2 cans of powdered milk to leave the country. In addition, the Hong Kong government has for the first time banned people under the age of 16 from carrying milk powder in order to crack down on the water robbers.

This requirement has not yet been implemented, but it has prompted the Hong Kong version of milk powder purchasing prices to rise by about 10% from the previous period.

Industry experts said that in March, or will usher in the Hong Kong version of milk powder and milk powder from other regions, the concentration of milk prices.

The introduction of milk powder in Hong Kong has resulted in the frenzy of sweeping the water off. Hong Kong has seen a "milk powder shortage" this year because of a large number of water-buying customers. As a result, some brands of infant formula have been out of stock for a long period of time, causing dissatisfaction among Hong Kong citizens.

Purchasing industry reshuffle if the purchase is strictly enforced, "95% of online shopping will not do milk powder."

There are still days before the regulations come into effect. At present, water workers are grabbing goods at various supermarkets and pharmacies in Hong Kong. What is embarrassing is that Hong Kong has joined the ranks of the purchase of milk powder, making the destination for online shopping on the mainland free to buy powdered milk less and less. And China's milk powder buyers are increasingly unpopular around the world.

In fact, the online purchasing service provider or purchaser of Hong Kong version milk powder, in addition to purchasing milk powder, also operates cosmetics, baby products and other products.

According to Song Liang, a dairy analyst at the China Circulation Productivity Promotion Center, Hong Kong's crackdown on milk powder and water passengers, but due to the huge demand in the Mainland, the previous limousine milk powder may turn into milk powder smuggling.

For consumers' collective distrust of domestic milk powder, Wang Dingmian feels very worried: “Now the root cause of consumer trust in domestic milk powder is the source of milk, or the source of feed. The relevant departments must really take on and face it. The milk produced in one's own country is not good. Consumers should go to other countries and regions to collect milk. The relevant departments should be ashamed."