Taiwan Fines Traveler $6,400 for Bringing in Chinese Moon Cakes With Pork
- Taiwanese fined $6,400 for bringing in delicacy from China
- Penalty raised in wake of African swine fever outbreak in Asia
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If you’re thinking of bringing moon cakes from China to Taiwan for the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival next week, it could cost you more than $6,000.
One Taiwanese national traveling from China, which has been hit by an outbreak of African swine fever, was fined NT$200,000 ($6,400) for bringing in less than a pound of moon cakes without declaring they contained pork, Taipei Customs Administration said in statement on Thursday.