Today, the topic #India boycotts 59 Chinese apps# became a hot topic on Weibo, sparking heated discussions among netizens.

It is reported that the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced today that it would ban 59 Chinese applications including TikTok and WeChat. The Indian government mentioned that the activities of these applications are detrimental to India's sovereignty and integrity, defense, national security and public order. These 59 Chinese applications will be banned on both mobile and non-mobile platforms.

In response to this, a number of netizens also made fun of it↓↓↓

Netizen A: I personally want to take countermeasures, but after thinking for a long time, I still don’t know whether to ban the magic oil or the flying cake.

Netizen B: Indians said: The mobile phone memory is finally enough.

Netizen C: I was planning to delete a few Indian software, but found there was nothing to delete.

Netizen D: No one in the world can live alone, and you cannot estimate the consequences of boycott.

To get back to the point, this decision by India has really caused headaches for relevant practitioners, and many cross-border practitioners who need to use related APPs for business communication have also been affected.

(List of Chinese apps boycotted by India, picture from Weibo)

Judging from the banned list, most of the 59 banned applications are short videos, social media, cross-border e-commerce and tool applications.

The four apps that are closely related to the cross-border e-commerce field are WeChat, TikTok, Shein, and Club Factory .

Some cross-border sellers said: WeChat is no longer available, and customers asked me to add WhatsApp. This year's cross-border industry is really worse...

In fact, since the Sino-Indian border conflict, India has been imposing restrictions on Chinese companies and "Made in China" products. As a cross-border practitioner, I can feel the taste of it the most.

Trade risks between the two countries continue to intensify

Earlier, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her 2020-21 government budget that import tariffs on furniture, footwear, home appliances, mobile phone parts and accessories, toys and other products would be increased, and the Tariff Act (Section 28DA) would be further amended to restrict imports.

On June 22, the Chennai Port in India stopped customs clearance for all goods from China and implemented 100% inspection of all goods from China (previously it was random inspection). This move is considered to be a restriction by the Indian government on all goods from China at the west coast ports.

According to the news, the official notice has not been issued yet. The release of the goods requires the association to further contact and confirm with customs officials before it can be allowed, so the customs clearance of Chinese goods will be delayed.

On June 25, according to a report by Reuters, the Indian government "secretly operated" and "seized" containers from China, resulting in a large number of Chinese-made electronic components and other goods being piled up in Indian ports.

It is understood that electronic component brands including Apple, Cisco, Dell and Ford Motor are among those affected. Another source said that electronic components from Apple's contract manufacturer in India, Taiwan's Foxconn, were also "implicated." Customs officials at major Indian seaports have asked companies to provide additional customs clearance materials.

It is obvious that after the border conflict between China and India, India began an increasingly fierce trade boycott against China.

In fact, as early as late October 2018, when Amazon India began to open up to third-party sellers, many sellers were on the sidelines. This is because sellers who have done their homework know that customs clearance in India is the most difficult in the world, and the return rate is also extremely high.

Faced with the increasingly severe trade situation in India, many sellers have taken three steps back. And those sellers who have been operating Indian sites before are even more miserable.

In addition to the risk of customs clearance delays, many sellers are worried about whether there will be problems with products exported from China to India, and they find that they have lost another logistics channel for shipping to India...

DHL suspends receiving shipments from China to India

On June 26, FedEx and DHL in Hong Kong issued a notice that in view of the serious customs clearance delays for all goods shipped from China (including Hong Kong and Macau) during transportation through all Indian ports, effective immediately: the acceptance of goods sent from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau to India will be suspended for 10 days; the resumption date will be notified separately.

The current unpredictable trade situation in India has brought many challenges to the business environment of cross-border sellers. Sellers also need to pay attention to relevant news and policy changes in a timely manner so that they can respond calmly. For sellers who need to export to India, you can refer to the following suggestions:

Finally, I hope that the trade environment in India can be eased as soon as possible. After all, cross-border sellers have endured too much...

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