India cautions traders about fraud in import-export from China

TIL Desk/World/Beijing-Indian diplomatic missions in China have cautioned traders from India that they may end up getting sand, stones, salt, bricks, mud etc in place of items ordered and issued detailed guidelines to avoid incidents of cheating.

The Indian Embassy and the Consulates have issued trade advisories to various trade bodies and associations cautioning traders and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) planning to do business with China after receiving several complaints.

“It is to enhance the commercial cooperation between India and China by drawing attention to some of the risks faced by Indian traders/SMEs to take preventive and/or mitigating action,” said the advisory.

“The information contained in this advisory is based on trade-related problems that are periodically brought to the Consulate’s attention for information, facilitation and assistance,” according to the advisory circulated among the members of The Indian Association of Shanghai.