Setback to group as New Delhi intensifies scrutiny of Chinese companies
Indian authorities have prevented Vivo from exporting some 27,000 smartphones for more than a week in a setback to the Chinese company’s plan to ship devices from India to neighboring markets. Picture: BLOOMBERG
The smartphones, made by Vivo Communications Technology’s Indian unit, are being held up at the New Delhi airport by India’s revenue intelligence unit, a branch of the finance ministry, for an alleged misdeclaration of the device models and their value, said many informed people. The shipment is worth nearly $15m, according to one source.
“We request your kind and urgent intervention to stop this unfortunate course of action,” Pankaj Mohindroo, chair of India Cellular and Electronics Association, wrote in a December 2 letter to the top bureaucrat in India’s tech ministry. The political chasm between India and China widened after the two nuclear powers clashed at a disputed Himalayan border in the summer of 2020. New Delhi has also intensified scrutiny of Chinese companies operating in India including SAIC Motor Corp’s MG Motor India and the local units of Xiaomi and ZTE.
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