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Beilun customs seize 17.6 tons of R22

23372915_sCHINA: Customs officers at the port of Beilun, Ningbo, are said to have intercepted and seized a shipment of up to 17.6 tons of R22 declared as R134a.

The shipment was declared, packaged and marked as containing R134a and R410A. Further tests showed it contained more than 70% R22.

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