Oppo unit slapped with notice over import duty evasion

Chinese phone maker Oppo’s India unit has been slapped with a notice for alleged Rs 4,389 crore import duty evasion, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

A show-cause notice (SCN) has been slapped on Oppo India on July 8 after the recovery of documents during searches on its premises that indicated wilful misdeclaration in the description of some imports and remittance of royalty and license fees to various MNCs, including those based in China.

During an investigation of Oppo Mobiles India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Ltd, the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) has detected customs duty evasion of around Rs 4,389 crore, the ministry said in a statement.