Daigou: How a handful of Chinese shoppers turned into a billion-dollar industry | China Watch 3

Whether it's parents furious over empty baby formula shelves or military personnel loading boxes onto Chinese warships - chances are you've crossed paths with daigou, a trading phenomenon that's shaken businesses around the world.
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[@ronagan2426]

THIS WHAT DID TO THEY DO TO THE FACE MASK AT OTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. THEY BUY IT ALL. THEN SEND IT TO CHINA. UNTIL THERES NOTHING IS LEFT FOR THE LOCALS.

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

Sounds like insect behavior.

[@shampoohie]

I am on the upper east side Manhattan, late January the N95 mask were wiped out from almost ALL the hardware stores. Many of them mentioned they were asian sellers buying for family back home. I never asked.. now i see the whole picture.

[@shannonsutherland2450]

NAME AND SHAME THEM NOW!

[@ttemp2631]

@@MonarchPoolPlaster China is now supplying whole world with masks. So the whole world is now like into insect behaviour.

[@bestteam1228]

Um...that’s weird I purchased lots of face masks from Bunnings and they all are made in China

[@kendalson7817]

I worked in a department store 30 years ago in California and Asian women would buy TONNES of cosmetics and ship them to Asia. The prices were much cheaper in the US. So it's nothing new.

[@meheretoday6968]

and Ken I bet those stores simply restocked and thanked them for the money ... if the manufacturers are unable to replace stock once sold here, I think the problem is the manufacturers not the method the product is bought or by whom it is used.

[@kendalson7817]

@@meheretoday6968 yep! The saleswomen worked on commission and they loved the sight of an Asian woman walking up to the counter with a long list in her hand. They would usually buy when the brand, say Estee Lauder, was running a "gift with purchase" promotion. The ads would say something like "Minimum $35 purchase limit one gift per customer." They would demand one gift for every $35 they spent. And they would get it. They would then sell the "free gifts" and just two of those would pay for the overseas shipping. That means the rest of the products they sold would be pure profit, baby. It was very lucrative for them, the department store, the brand, AND the salesgirl! It's been years since I've thought of this...

[@dlat1825]

Incorrect. Comment due to lack of information about mainland China, and assumption that Asia is monolithic.

[@kendalson7817]

@@dlat1825 these weren't Chinese women because China was still a relatively poor country then. They were Japanese, South Korean, and Philipina women. Don't let facts get in the way of your racism, dear.

[@dlat1825]

​@@kendalson7817 Unable to cope with being wrong? A trigger finger to slander falsely and pointlessly? Not sure about how to write responsibly on the internet? Not my problem :)

[@Q_James]

If I cant import cigarettes, they shouldn't be able to export baby food. This has to stop!

[@mustardseed9969]

It’s time to change the old mindset of doing business

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

no; its time CHINESE STARTED PAYING TAX TO OUR COUNTRY-NOT SENDING ALL THE $ TO CHINESE WEPAY ACCOUNTS

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

@john wick I dont really care WHAT or WHO china is taxing: I care about what tax they pay HERE -in AUSTRALIA; We need the tax money-NOT CHINA! We need new hospitals, nursing staff, roads, schools. We are desperate for extra budgetary room so can expand assistance to our people Do you think these guys care at ALL about that? NO; ALL their business MUST BE AUDITED and receipts kept. They need to 1. Make a formal business. 2. once earning over 18,200$ must declare all income and 3. once over $75,000 pay GST and BAS quarterly-LIKE ALL LAW-ABIDING AUSSIES DO! They clearly flaunt the law and get away with it. THEY must be more clearly scrutinised and pay TAX.

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

@john wick We want the tax money HERE -In Australia

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

@john wick It is the ATO and governments role

[@Kikilu7552]

i'm so sick of it! i live in nz and my extended family from china. that's like my dad's cousin's kid just had a baby and they kept on hammering me and trying to get me to ship tins and tins of baby formula to them. it's so annoying! i feel ashamed to be chinese sometimes.

[@morrispaul4184]

Sure, no one wants to pay taxes. But just because one can mail stuff instead of smuggling it in personal doesn't make the practice legit.

[@Romans8-9]

If its legal, why isn´t it legit? Because you frown upon it? lol.

[@VoltPercival]

There is only a certain limit that passengers can carry to be under the threshold. They know how to play the game.

[@danh_dang7912]

Sadly Australian companies short sighted to plan for this opportunity to expand their export to this mass market!😴

[@ollac3758]

australian companies runned by Chinese , not australians

[@andrewngo7261]

I don't think you truly understand the Chinese Mindset even if they where to sell their products directly to China, local Chinese would be suspicious if the product was tampered with or not. To the Chinese, it is better to buy a product in a western country and have it delivered to them ensuring that it wasn't tampered with.

[@meheretoday6968]

Nghia Dang, totally agree

[@meheretoday6968]

Andrew so they sell it to these buyers who go back to China and say they bought it directly off the damn shelf...there are ways around it surely lol

[@andrewngo7261]

Yes ,Exactly if you watched the Video there is a part where one of the Daigou's mentions recording herself going to the pharmy to buy the products, this is to show to her buyers that she is actually buying the product in Au

[@youtube1sm]

product like milk powder should be regulated to prevent shortage of supplies for the locals.

[@darkhorseman8263]

While increasing supply for overseas markets, while they want it. Might as well take advantage.

[@danh_dang7912]

Shortage for a day or week, that is buyers'fault! Shortage run for a month or a season! That is stores management's problem! Shortage dragging too long, that must be policy judgement mistake??????????

[@meheretoday6968]

KZbinism, or the manufacturers could supply for the demand..just a thought

[@MelaniaRose]

I think it depends where you live in Australia. I live in the Northern Territory, I don’t have kids but I have not seen or heard complaints about baby formula shortages yet. When I lived in Melbourne it was a different story

[@dlat1825]

Socialism for milk-power???

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

Don’t blame the player, blame the game yo’

[@auzziguy449]

There's one word for this, it's called a "pillage".

[@matthewhunt2882]

This I think is a positive, shows the potential demand for australian products. This is a good thing in the long term.

[@crusader3012]

Australia with a capital A please.

[@crusader3012]

@john wick Respect please; national pride.

[@danh_dang7912]

Australian companies need to grab the best opportunities to get into this mass market. As Shanghai city alone, the population is more than Australia 's already. When the confidence of their consumers back to local brand, chance is not there always for you

[@danh_dang7912]

@@crusader3012 Do you know what I meant? for the daily industry., Australia is having advantage of more advanced compare to Chinese's! If this sector don't know how to expand and grab this confidential crisis it will lost to another countries!,, Shanghai 's population only is equally Australia's !!! And a week or month of shortage that is short term problem! Months and months shortage that is stores management's problem!! If dragging for years by years, I think police maker must looking at it!!!!?

[@constantineb6433]

REALLY??? PERHAPS MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY THE M&M CHOCOLATE BAR NEXT TIME AT WOOLWORTHS. ASK YOUR SELF WHY THE CHOCOLATE IS A PRODUCT OF CHINA. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CAN RESULT IN ALL AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS BEING SOLD OFFSHORE AND FOOD PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ARE CREATED IN CHINA'S MANMADE TOXIC SOIL.

[@feelimpianist]

What’s wrong with ATO? it looks like, ‘Oh, we don’t have a clue to deal with it. Let them trade for tax free.’ ATO can set up register and trace shipment. Come on.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Because they’re making money hand over fist doing this. Obviously why or the government would stop them.

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

None of these guys pay a dollar tax so THAT is the problem There is NO LOOPHOLE; If you are not a 'hobby' then you have (a) business registration obligations (b) income reporting obligations ONCE OVER $18,200 and once earning over $75,000 have (c) GST & BAS obligations and (d) business premises requirements for storage of food/dairy products if stocking formulas-AS ALL LEGIT AUSSIES HAVE TO DO. . All these young asian student women running big business and driving new cars-frequently in the media seem to forget that; they are not paying tax and doing ANYTHING & EVERYTHING to avoid even 1 cent tax, ripping our economy and disrespecting our authority & laws. I AM IN AUBURN, Sydney NSW and in the supply & daigou industry for 5 years and know this very well. They have no formal business, dont pay any tax, work in cash & wepay. WE MUST TAX THEM like all other aussies have to because we need that money for AUSTRALIA-NOT CHINA!!! Shame on Chinese people-we are very offended as Australians by this disrespect and tax evasion and are doing all we can do report as many of these dodgy immigrants.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

The stupid person makes a product. The smart people are the ones who market, resell, and ship that product. They get to make almost all the profit while carrying very little risk. Have a look at wine for example. The producer gets about 15% from the sale of a bottle at the retail level. The rest goes to wholesalers, retailers, and the tax department. If a winemaker has a bad year the marketers, resellers, and shippers of that product can just abandon the product and leave all the losses to the winery.

[@adzc1]

There's no point in getting these Daigous to do the right thing - paying tax and all, like any self employed citizens in Australia (register for ABN etc). When they prepare to send out the items to another country, it is up to Border control and Australia Post (or any other postal services) within the boundaries of Australia, to scan these items and record in a national registry, that once any items are sent continuously, the sender will be sent a tax bill or tax avoidance penalty notice, so they will no way avoid paying any tax at all. All in all, they are making alot of monies from selling Australian products to their countries, right? For example, Daigou One sent 20 tins of baby milk powder and 50 other individual Australian product, over the course of one month to China, then Australia's Border should record their name, address, and item value being sent on a national register. Their address and total value should able be cross referenced, as each Daigou might use false names or their family members or room mates' names to send out. The Daigous' names and addresses should be cross checked automatically to their TFNs and their Passports. This is why Daigous are able to afford a life of luxury, because they are making alot of money and no need to work for anyone, no need to study, so they have bad or broken English, and just think the power of money buys everything.

[@thebige7302]

Tien Ha these peaople arent even residents, they are on student visas, the only way to remove them would be by closing all unis

[@cnhugovideo]

Chinese government has heard the voice from Australian people. The Daigou channels have been restricted in China starting from January 2019. Good for Australian people.

[@cnhugovideo]

@john wick Good for BOTH

[@gortnewton4765]

Hugo Liang CRAP, what utter CRAP you talk.

[@thebige7302]

Chinese communist government wants you to think that

[@125discipline2]

it profitable for business, but it's not fair for locals who didnt get their share. so is that the right thing to do? idk im not chinese nor australian

[@windsong3wong828]

Don’t blame the Chinese. The Australian government actually encouraged the business as it is a way for the goods to be sold into China. Australia government actually opened up some vitamin outlets and others in post office to encourage daigou to buy and ship it free of v a t to China. The government can stop it anytime if it is harmful to the economy. The business creates jobs in Australia and became a viable distribution channel. A lot of disgous are students and housewife’s. It is also dependent on cheap freights. I think the daigous are inactive now. Don’t always think that business with China is bad for Australia.....as I say......the Aussie government is NOT stupid. Without China ....a lot of business in Australia will suffer. If you are not doing business,....you can afford to be anti China. Damn the torpedoes ! Not my problem .....haha.

[@ThexBorg]

Finding tins of baby powder behind the chips, behind the toilet paper, behind the eggs.. around the supermarket... annoying!

[@meheretoday6968]

how is this annoying to you, just curious...I couldnt care less what is behind a product I want to buy...

[@MelaniaRose]

I used to hide stuff behind other stuff on the shelves and come back on payday 😂😂

[@meheretoday6968]

Love Muffin, yep lol it is done in clothes stores all the time..hide what you want if you have to come back the next day :-)

[@MelaniaRose]

me heretoday never goes out of fashion lols 😂

[@logicalnutjob5285]

"Australia has become a pioneer in terms of scale and sophistication" No.... Chinese people in australia have done that, Australia, and australians have been sitting in the dark and don't know shit. Its a grey market business and only Chinese are willing to do it, because working in a grey market area is standard China operating procedure. Daigou procedure is technically illegal in China, yet... just like almost everything else in China, people turn a blind eye, and government official and customs are corruptible. A red envelope here or there and you grease the wheels. This happens in legitimate business, and it definitely happens in the grey market. Of course its a tax loophole. Its the equivalent of duty-free goods, that doesn't actually go through a duty-free network.

[@dantheman5222]

NOO Lol we as Australians get Taxed these people don't pay tax to our government, its a win-win running such a business LMAO, just like a corporate business selling overseas not tax just tax-free revenue, and all the Chinese are doing is called drop shipping so you don't carry the stock its been around for decades

[@logicalnutjob5285]

@@dantheman5222 I don't get if you're for or against the practice

[@AC-le9wv]

The key is to review the immigration policies and high education industry for relying on foreign students: need to take a long term view and ignore so called political correctness. In the meantime, we need to regulate infant milk powder sales so that local Australian infants have adequate supply to survive.

[@logicalnutjob5285]

@yehoutube I don't think i did say that. But in reality, in a way they are. If there's a law against everything, yet nothing is enforced. And they can claim ignorant when operating in australia... then they are essentially more free than the rest of us. (for this particular situation at least)

[@VoltPercival]

@@AC-le9wv umm. Why not let the government open up its own diary and farms to increase compensation or give out subsidies? Stop targeting businesses.

[@meatyogre6892]

Where is the ATO? Aus Post not collecting GST for Chinese sales is illegal

[@SirPhillyLeong]

The GST is collected at the counter when they purchase the product from the retailer.

[@aquaboy2022]

Exports are GST-free. In fact, daigou's can claim GST tax credits lol

[@miloozie]

You probably didn't know that you can get gst refunded at all major airports in Australia?

[@SirPhillyLeong]

@@aquaboy2022 Yes they can claim GST but that means they are paying their fair share of income tax. Any way baby formula is GST free product.

[@meatyogre6892]

@Paradigm 1 they are buying products to ship ofshore so GST applicable 2 if they make produce for export then GST is to be paid on the raw materials 3 stop whinging about how its ok to not pay tax like everybody else and any other business in Australia because they are Chinese or on selling to China makes no difference. Lets reverse the conversation are you seriously telling me that business people in China do not pay tax on exports? If so can you prove it?

[@WangYiBernard]

When you see empty shelves at the baby formula aisle, the root cause of the situation is neither the shady Chinese shoppers nor the greedy retail corporates. It's that Chinese government set up trade barriers on importing Australian products. It's that Chinese government restrict the free flow of capital. Actually you can buy those products via other channels in China, like supermarket. But the price is tripled as much as in Australia. How come those bulk importing costs more than thousands of small parcels? Tariff, rent seeking (yeah, I mean bribery) and compliance (yeah, Chinese government agencies validate the quality of baby formula. Amazing!)

[@The_Ballo]

Australia (and everyone else) should still enact laws to prevent this trade, and jail offenders when we're talking about essential items like formula or masks. These shelves are stocked for domestic consumption and are easily stripped bare.

[@clairmac]

There were over 300,000 people sickened by the tainted milk scam and kids even died in the 2008 Tainted Milk scandal. Unfortunately,, it wasn't even the only one either, so I can completely understand why people are choosing to get items, especially baby formula from other countries. I'd do the same for my kids if I were in the same boat.

[@rutrwer8220]

eu has the e commerce law vut it is not enough.

[@PureVikingPowers]

*Daigou stole my baby formula* 😢 _It's almost as bad as when_ *Dingo ate my baby*

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

LOL : ) except Dingo is hungry and doesn't know any better. Daigou is greedy and leaves nothing for the locals (during COVID-19)

[@fakruk]

Tax them hard.

[@hawkesworth1712]

They're bringing money into Australia. Why the hell would you want to tax them hard? I think you should stick to commenting on cat videos because this is way over your head.

[@MelaniaRose]

They buy products in bulk so it probably doesn’t make sense to tax them, I think shipping costs are enough

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

YES TAX None of these guys pay a dollar tax so THAT is the problem

[@VoltPercival]

@@ISCDESIGNAustralia they pay GST. Or is that not a tax to you?

[@hawkesworth1712]

@@ISCDESIGNAustralia. They buy items at retail prices so they pay 10% GST on the purchase. They send the items using a commercial courier that charges them 10% GST again. They get money from China and spend it in Australia and get charged 10% GST on every purchase. Like the first guy you should probably stick to commenting on cat videos.

[@htht7831]

Why can't they open stores directly in China? This is a tax loop hole, the promotions can be done through WeChat famous public accounts, news websites and top e-commerce websites. These people are not paying attentions to their education which will be big problems in the future of Both China and Australia. This is also a two way street, there are also tons of products from China into Australia like Tobaccos and Drugs, and many more. They have all escaped TAX. Please fine and jail everyone who have involved in these activities.

[@meheretoday6968]

or the manufacturers could supply more and there could be buyers who get it here in our stores and support our retailers... great money for a business willing to take it on I'd have thought..

[@dlat1825]

As mentioned above, it is about trust. China lacks a reliable consumer protection system and imported products can be faked. Daigou provide a system, which Australians take for granted.

[@mehdikhalfallah3056]

don't ever again tell me that Chinese are good people

[@triggahappyyt5420]

Selling a tin for $250 is a smart business strategy.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

Smart, successful people are going out and making a living meeting market demand. Good on them. We should have more of it, and be proud that Australian products are in such high demand. I walk past the baby formula section of my supermarket regularly and have never seen a shortage of powder on the shelves.

[@constantineb6433]

Easy way to make money. Funny why aren't there any Australians doing it? CHINESE ARE RACISTS AND WILL ONLY BUY FROM CHINESE

[@happyskippy]

@@constantineb6433 dont be stupid. chinese buy from coles and woolies all the time.

[@johnnypham2850]

@@constantineb6433 That is a phenomena in many cultures including EVERYONE

[@andrewjohn2124]

Put all the baby food behind glass.

[@franciscobreva8011]

Loop holes are to check ... that’s how smart people are now a days .. at the expenseS of Australia .. I wonder if other countries are also being hip

[@happyskippy]

A billion dollar industry? Some Aussies must be making millions somewhere in Australia from this

[@constantineb6433]

FUNNY EASY WAY TO MAKE MONEY. ALL THESE YEARS GONE BYE. STILL ALL ARE CHINESE. WHY BECAUSE THEY WILL ONLY BUY FROM CHINESE

[@constantineb6433]

NONE

[@mattgrainger7084]

There aren’t many. Apart from the owners/ shareholders of the handful of in favour products, really the only people who are benefiting from this are Chinese Nationals. As the customer-> Daigou transaction takes place over in China, using Chinese payment apps and banks, a lot of the money never even enters Australia in the first place.

[@happyskippy]

@@mattgrainger7084 what about Aussie companies and shops that sell to daigous, are they getting millions from this?

[@y3ahau]

Question, so does those Daigau individuals sellers have produce an income, why ATO ask them to pay tax?

[@petermars7769]

no, ATO doesn't know how.

[@VoltPercival]

@@petermars7769 the income is earned overseas not in Australia. So ATO can't demand anything but GST.

[@ghjkl110]

double win, someone gets more income and tax, someone gets good products.

[@fakruk]

They do sale it in China. But they still want it from Australia. They don’t care if it is real or not, because it’s sale in China they believe it’s fake.

[@logicalnutjob5285]

Very true

[@leoxu3620]

haha. how did you figure this out.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

They buying from manufacturers and supply retailers

[@e0o9kii]

I can only imagine that once the supermarkets run out of baby formula, these Daigou's would start going house to house asking Australian families to handover their own baby formula.

[@danh_dang7912]

You are thinking of extreme! The problem is Australian daily industry can't supply the huge demand of customers. The temporary shortage you can said that it is daigou causes the problem! Shortage for weeks or months , That is stores management's to be sack! Shortage dragging for years, the problem must be daily industry policy makers judgement!!!!!!!

[@mehdikhalfallah3056]

​@@danh_dang7912 they can't properly scale the amount of baby formula tin they can produce each week because this daigo business is unstable and with high risk. imagine a company begun producing the baby formula for Australia and those chinese daigo, then one day those same daigo won't buy that excess amount of baby formula.

[@soundknight]

So this is why my 'China-Bay' parcels have been taking longer...

[@samy8897]

i dont get why these aus companies dont go to china if they products have such demand

[@ProfessorElectronic]

The reason why these companies are doing well is not because of their good quality but because the way that the Diagou channel market their products.

[@sibaraku2023]

Dear Australians, ask yourselves honestly. If you know a big market overseas, China, Japan, Africa or even bloody Antarctica have got a big demand of the product you can buy from your next-door store. And you can make a big fortune by "daigou". Would you join in the business? So Australians, ask yourselves honestly again, are you just jealous that you don't have this oversea connection?

[@banjirjir7519]

u askin companies/factories teleport infant powder inside beijing,magically......

[@suiloongyong7563]

Good to know. Most want cheaper and quality plus authentic product.

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

PLEASE SOMEONE FOLLOW THE TAX TRAIL: Where is the government really making sure they are paying tax? NONE OF THEM ARE PAYING A SINGLE DOLLAR TAX. All the media are constantly talking daigou daigou daigou-but ignoring the IMPORTANT THING; None of these guys are paying any tax. If they are on student visas-how are they working?

[@SeriouslyDavidD]

A friend of mine graduated from uni and can't get residency till he passes the language the test, but how the hell did this chinese get residence when her english sucks.

[@gortnewton4765]

How did your friend graduate with limited English?

[@SeriouslyDavidD]

@@gortnewton4765 there is no test, universities just accepts money.

[@gortnewton4765]

@@SeriouslyDavidD lol, love it. An Australian university degree is worthless.

[@jillycatful]

I don't like how they treat animals.

[@suej9329]

yehoutube A typo error, most likely. It should have read, ‘treat’, not great.

[@jillycatful]

@@suej9329 thanks panda pear

[@jillycatful]

Lol

[@henryhenrywang5333]

Those people do not pay income tax, ATO should look into it!

[@Tommyaka]

Says who? They're paying GST and stimulating economy.

[@henryhenrywang5333]

@@Tommyaka They do not pay any income tax in Australia and China!!!

[@Johndoe-nm2ru]

What did I miss

[@meheretoday6968]

not a thing except a lot of whinging by people who are upset they didnt think of doing this first...

[@tristanbulluss9386]

Its Australia so they've found a new way to be racist.

[@theovelentzas7540]

these chinese can buy this stuff online why do they need a diagou where they will charge double...

[@winonadaphne6445]

there are many counterfeit products online and it's impossible to tell which seller is genuine. since daigous are students currently living in australia, they livestream their shopping and packing, and provide pre and after sales customer care, so the families buying aussie products trust the daigou since it's a real person on the other side.

[@mehdikhalfallah3056]

there was a scandal in china about infant milk formula which killed about 40 babies and put about 300 000 babies in hospitals, so now they don't trust their local products especially when it come to baby foods and health. they do not trust their OWN products, why in the hell should we trust theirs !!

[@tonybarsco6573]

Just cut the daigou channel, so milk price can fall under $1 a litter and more people can sleep on the street.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

They're like Ma / Bezos too. Buy in lots.

[@meheretoday6968]

Its a job...If manufacturers made enough to cater for demand this would be a non issue... so why dont manufacturers actually make enough for everyone???

[@AussieZeKieL]

There's a milk shortage because of drought. (baby food).

[@reggrundy2367]

I often have to travel to numerous stores to find the milk powder that my baby likes or get to the store upon opening and beat them to the powder. Not a fault of the manufacturers, more of the symptom of the not my problem, who cares attitude of the Daigou's. You say why don't the manufacturers make enough for everyone? As soon as the shelves are filled the Daigou's buy the lot. 2 can or 4 can limits are being made a mockery of by these Daigou's who behave appallingly.

[@VoltPercival]

@@reggrundy2367 money talks. Always has.

[@ChocBomb]

A lot of jealous people in these comments who seem to love paying tax.

[@constantineb6433]

Paying taxes where you make money and live means you are contributing to that society. Not paying taxes means you are a burden on that society. However if they do make money from product placement on Australian shelves and aren't paying tax on profits then infact they are the description of a parasite.

[@ChocBomb]

Constantine B parasites lol the politicians and bankers are the real parasites. These people are helping the economy, buying from Australian companies, paying the GST, paying for postage and logistics. That’s not a parasite. We are over taxed here. They are not doing anything illegal if the profits don’t return to Australia. Good for them. I wish I could do it.

[@ianofliverpool7701]

No they love the idea of being able to buy a product that they need such as Baby formula when they need it and don`t like the idea of facing empty shelves and a crying baby because of selfish daigou shoppers

[@pnatgrendy]

I don't see a problem with it. If you're going to take the good of capitalism, you must take everything that goes with it.

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

None of these guys pay a dollar tax so THAT is the problem

[@VoltPercival]

@@ISCDESIGNAustralia what is the issue? They are paying GST on purchase. They aren't a company. Aren't they just carrying enough to be under the threshold?

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

@@VoltPercival NO; Not usually my friend; I can clearly tell you with Authority because I have been involved in baby formula bulk supply since 2014 (5 years) see www.australasiahealth.com.au and run wechat trade groups with thousands of chinese Daigous. The BIGGER players such as the ones really making $- DONT buy from woolies etc-they buy from bulk supply warehouses (pallet quantity) and its all CASH my friend. So that reduces the GST paid argument. The little fish (students) who may buy a few tins weekly and make a few $ per tin DO pay GST. The MAJORITY entrepeneurs buy BULK. AND PAY no tax as all payments are made via WEPAY Wechat pay system) in China and the $ goes directly into their CHINESE accounts.

[@thebige7302]

VoltPercival you must not live in this beautiful country or are not seeing just how bad this can really be for us

[@semferfi37]

This is nothing new, it just got exposed.

[@user-op8cw6li4o]

I wonder how much income tax is paid locally by the Chinese buying agents on student visas.

[@meheretoday6968]

wonder how much money is going back into the Australian economy from the actual purchases...mmm my guess is they would pay GST just like us...

[@miloozie]

Australian people are weird sometimes. The Daigou industry helps Australian companies sell more products therefore there will be more tax paid to the government from these companies. With the increased sales, you will need to have increased production and increased employment, the government will collect tax from those. And then there's logistics, freights and more, government benefits from those as well. Will you rather not have the daigou industry because you are not collecting as much income tax as you would like to?

[@VoltPercival]

The income is earned overseas not in Australia. So they just pay GST.

[@peterripuli9982]

THIS IS BUSINESS! People/locals who takes this personally are just non business person or are just jealous of others making business out of their homeland’s products. If this was a white person or people that would be a different story wouldn’t it? ..if u r the ones that say no to this question then why white or first world countries’ buys from China (cheap products) and resells them in their countries for a marked up price and make a huge profit and no one says anything.. and when this is other way around u think and feel like they r robbing ur country’s goods LMAO‼️😂

[@mohmeegaik6686]

What's wrong with exporting products which was bought from shops and supermarkets? These increased product volume for the companies concerned, taxes already paid to Australian government. The concern of those with daigou is they cannot access the market of the daigou so its plain envy not wrong doing. As to the tax it would be paid in China not Australia as the product is sold in China.

[@voiceofexperience]

Human locusts.

[@PureVikingPowers]

Daigou is a cancer