Tea Smuggling

TEA SMUGGLING

This refers to the letter “Tea smuggling” (Dec 27). The menace of smuggling is slowly destroying local industry. From the border with China in the north, and along with the frontier with Iran and Afghanistan, practically everything is being smuggled into the country.

The only solution to end the menace is to reduce custom duties and taxes to such an extent that smuggling becomes unprofitable

[Shakir Lakhani, Karachi]
Published in Dawn