• Nougat@fedia.io
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    7 days ago

    **… some shipments were incorrectly labeled as coming from the remote islands instead of their correct countries of origin. **

    I even put it in bold.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah…I saw that. Hence my comment. Why would they allow that in? Even if it was labeled as that, they could do like I said in my comment and slap the highest tariff available on it - if that were the actual goal, and not an obvious lie to cover up their ineptitude.

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        6 days ago

        I agree, it’s insane that customs ever accepted a fictional port on uninhabited islands as a point of origin in the first place. That’s the loophole they should close. It does appear that that’s a thing that did actually happen though, so it’s not a complete fabrication. I’d say customs should have been authorized to confiscate any such good until a non-fictional provinence was proven.