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# Australian Milk Powder Massively Counterfeited! China's 'Bonded Zone' Is So Deep It Has Become a 'Laundering Zone' for Fakes

> This article exposes the rampant counterfeiting of Australian milk powder sold on Taobao, revealing that some sellers offer Devondale milk powder for as little as 9 RMB, far below the genuine cost. It explains how fake products are laundered through China's bonded zones and warns consumers to be wary of low prices.

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Speaking of purchasing agents, everyone really has mixed feelings. Some friends always worry that what they buy is more expensive than others', feeling they've been taken advantage of, and then tell a merchant: 'I bought it for only so much, why is your milk powder so expensive?' Today, let's talk about this.
This one should be familiar to everyone: Australia's most popular adult milk powder, Devondale.
On Taobao, there are plenty of Devondale milk powders priced at **60, 70, 80 yuan**. Here, I randomly found one and took a screenshot; I won't expose the store name.
Naively, you think Devondale is really that cheap. If so, wouldn't those purchasing agents selling it for over 100 be making huge profits?
You'll definitely ask what those sellers selling for 60-something yuan are earning. Here's the inside scoop!
Actually, their cost price is **only 9 yuan, 9 RMB!!**
According to netizen reports: Ms. X, who honestly works as a purchasing agent, received this inquiry:
The Devondale milk powder that's all the rage in China sells for only **9 yuan**?!
If it's RMB, that's less than **2 Australian dollars**!!!
Ms. X couldn't help but ask: **'What currency is 9 yuan?'**
The answer: **'RMB!!!'**
Ms. X was shocked!
She immediately realized this should be the **infamous counterfeit channel!!**
The subsequent conversation made Ms. X think: You city folks are too good at playing games!!
After reading it, I felt I was blinded: **9 yuan, I'll buy you a drink.**
At this point, let me first explain what a **'bonded zone'** is:
A bonded zone (Bonded Area; the low-tax; tariff-free zone), also known as a bonded warehouse area, is an area set up by a country's customs or registered with customs approval, under customs supervision and management, where goods can be stored for a longer period. It is an economic zone specially supervised by customs, approved by the State Council, enjoying the policies of 'exemption from certificates, exemption from taxes, and bonded status.'
At first glance, bonded zones are under the supervision of government customs, so goods should be genuine, right?
But in reality, some people label fake goods from domestic shady workshops with the 'bonded zone' name to launder them!
CNR (央广网) and People's Daily Online (人民网) have successively exposed the gimmick of so-called 'bonded zones,' and netizens have also 'wept' about their experiences of being deceived:
But recently, the most impressive one is this:
See that? **Bellamy's is only 133 RMB! Aptamil is only 176 RMB!!**
Australian infant formula is hard to get, and price gouging is common.
Look at the milk powder in bonded zones; it's really laughable.
Okay, back to the topic: How much is genuine Devondale milk powder in Australia actually worth?
The cheapest Devondale milk powder in Australia is over **9 Australian dollars**. A pack weighs **1kg** net, plus packaging and box weight, it reaches **1.5kg**. The shipping cost for direct mail from Australia is about **10 Australian dollars** per kg.
At an exchange rate of 1:5, a pack of Devondale milk powder plus shipping should cost **over 110 RMB**. This doesn't include the labor, fuel, parking, and ticket costs of sourcing during shortages.
Seeing that Taobao prices plus shipping are under 100 yuan per bag, and **monthly sales exceed 2,000 bags**, I'm shocked. It's hard to find even one bag in all of Australia. According to incomplete statistics, **the transaction volume of Devondale milk powder on Taobao is more than 4 times the annual production of the Devondale manufacturer**. Now I don't just not believe in love; I don't believe in the whole world. **There are so many Lei Fengs on Taobao, not charging agency fees and even selling at a loss.**
**Many fake milk powders flow from these counterfeit dens to bonded zones, then are laundered through bonded zones, claiming to be imported from overseas, and then sold to Taobao shoppers. To buy genuine overseas products, you still need direct mail from overseas.**
**A buyer saw milk powder at 100 yuan and 150 yuan per bag, always thinking the 100-yuan one was 50 yuan cheaper. So the buyer bought the 100-yuan one, but the 150-yuan one only earned 20 yuan, while the 100-yuan one earned 90 yuan!** This isn't nonsense; the above revelation is evidence! **Ma Yun is right: it's not that there are too many fakes, but that people are too greedy.**
Here, I still advise everyone: when buying Australian products, find relatives or friends in Australia, or truly trustworthy purchasing agents. **Cheap goods are not good**, this simple truth everyone understands, but sometimes we are blinded by low prices!!
Here, I'll expose a few photos of counterfeit milk powder dens to scare those who have bought 'bonded zone' products:
The online milk powder counterfeiting industry chain exposed: **can wholesale any brand of milk powder**
The fake trademark printing workshop during the fake milk powder production process
After seeing the revelation, smart shoppers, how will you choose? You know how to choose now, right?
Still don't know? Then I'll teach you two tricks to identify the lies of 'bonded zone' laundered goods!
**'The milk powder is wholesale, so it's cheap!'**
Fake!!
In Australia, milk powder cannot be purchased by just any individual or company; only large supermarkets and pharmacies can stock it. So claims of getting goods directly from the manufacturer are mostly lies.
Due to the special nature of milk powder supply, wholesale prices from some special channels are even a few Australian dollars higher than supermarket retail prices, and you need to order at least 60 boxes. Many people will ask why not just buy directly from supermarkets? Many supermarket shelves have purchase limits, each person can only buy two or four cans, and most of the time they are out of stock. So those buyers and sellers who always talk about wholesale prices and retail prices don't understand the business. What's cheaper about wholesale? What's the point of selling in bulk at a lower price? Basically nonsense.
**'Bulk shipment back to China, so low price!'**
Fake!!
For overseas air freight of milk powder, the air freight cost accounts for a large proportion. There's no way around it; it's international air freight. But how can those awesome store owners make international air freight so incredibly low? The answer is: to be cheap, you can only use sea freight? Forget it. After drifting on the high seas in high temperature and humidity for a month, the cans look no different, but what about the quality of the milk powder itself? The same applies to other food products! Do you really think they use temperature-controlled containers? Now, water passengers bringing milk powder through customs cost about 25-30 yuan per can, which still doesn't allow Taobao sellers to be so generous and 'sell at low prices'! The answer is that many low-priced milk powders are fake or sea-freighted milk powder with stale shelf life!
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