The import tax will be levied next month. The price of foreign milk powder has risen again.

From September 1st onwards, mailed goods will be subject to an import tax as long as the tax amount reaches 50 yuan. Prior to this, the import tax exemption was 500 yuan. This will mean that citizens who buy milk powder through a mail-purchasing channel may have to pay more in the future. Yesterday, reporters from Nandu visited some mother-and-baby shops and supermarkets in Foshan. It was learned that the mother-baby shop had quietly raised the price of foreign milk powder after it learned of the “new regulations”, but the supermarkets claimed that they had not yet received a price adjustment notice.

Domestic goods cost per can

“Has the price risen again?” Yesterday afternoon, at a maternity store on Lianhua Road, Ms. Li carried her child and asked in her hand a can of milk powder. According to Ms. Li, half a month ago, he bought a can of Mead Johnson A+2 An Bao Bao infant milk powder at the store. The price of 900g was 205 yuan, and it is now adjusted to 210 yuan. "This year, milk powder keeps rising, and it feels a lot of pressure."

"These two days have been adjusted once." Maternal and child shop owners revealed to reporters that the price of each can of milk powder was basically adjusted by 3-5 yuan, or about 2%. For example, 900g filled with three-stage infant formula, adjusted from the original 175 yuan to 178 yuan, Mead Johnson Anbao infant milk powder adjusted from 205 yuan to 210 yuan.

Subsequently, the reporter learned from Chancheng, South China Sea and many other maternal and child stores, affected by the "new regulations", maternal and child shop owners have said that a new round of rising prices of milk powder in the ocean is imperative. “The cost of getting the goods is high. Naturally we need to increase prices.” The owner of a maternal and child shop in Nanhai said that most of the milk powder sold in the store is purchased from Hong Kong. With the increase of taxation from September 1, the cost per container At least 18 yuan, while the usual profit of about 30 yuan per can of milk powder, in order not to lose money, dealers have to raise prices.

Salesman is unaware of the new rules

Compared to mother-and-baby shops, the prices of foreign milk powder sold in supermarkets are calm. “I have not heard of any price increase.” A salesman in the Milk Powder Sales Zone of Oriental Plaza Jusco said that he is unaware of the “new regulations” that were introduced on September 1st. The salesman revealed to reporters that in recent months, the prices of imported milk powder sold in shopping malls have remained stable. After the introduction of the “new regulations,” will supermarkets adjust their prices for foreign milk powder, and they have not yet received any notification. However, the salesman finally stated that "If the cost of getting goods is high, the price increase is also reasonable."