The so-called channel goods are commonly known as "parallel imports"-generally smuggled from abroad, or goods that are directly picked up from manufacturers through private individuals and circulated in the market without formal procedures.

There is no invoice and no refund for goods in this channel.

Parallel imports refer to products sold in a country or region, and there is no sales agent designated by the original manufacturer. Parallel imports are not fakes.

The origin of the word "parallel imports" is that in order to avoid customs duties and other reasons, early smugglers sealed the goods shipped from abroad in plastic bags and put them in the agreed shallow sea, and then transported them to the place by land ship.

Therefore, it generally refers to smuggled goods and products sold through abnormal channels. Now parallel imports also refer to people who are not worthy of the name.

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Five misunderstandings of parallel import

Parallel imports can include electrical appliances, mobile phones, computers, automobiles, clothing, toys, watches, cigarettes, milk powder and other products. Some people think that parallel imports refer to mobile phones, which is also incorrect.

2. From the legal point of view, parallel imports are not allowed to be sold in China, because they are essentially smuggled products. In fact, parallel imports and licensed products are produced by regular manufacturers. Parallel imports do not mean that products are mixed with water. Don't treat parallel imports as counterfeit goods or counterfeit products.

3, the earliest concept, parallel imports originally refers to smuggled goods transported by water, and once also refers to goods sold through abnormal channels and improper means in foreign trade. But this old concept is outdated and incorrect.

Parallel imports are not smuggled goods, but there is no sales agent designated by the original manufacturer in a certain country or region.

There is no warranty for parallel imports. This is a wrong concept. Some domestic mobile phones come from Hongkong to provide regular machine invoices, so this mobile phone can enjoy the same warranty service as the licensed products in Chinese mainland, but the prices of such products are not much different from those of domestic licensed products, ranging from 50 yuan to 300 yuan to 500 yuan. Depending on where you buy it, the price will be different.

Many people think that parallel imports are fakes and shanzhai, but they are wrong. Parallel imports are duty-free, but they are still genuine.

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