In transient: This week, Chinese authorities seized a cargo of XFX GPUs at a port on the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. It contained 5,840 GPUs that native media recognized as principally AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTs headed for XFX’s Chinese gross sales companions.
According to a report from Chinese customs, the cargo was seized after a routine inspection discovered three mislabelled GPUs inside. A subsequent investigation found that the corporate transport them had declared all of them with the improper names and specs.
Officials say the cargo’s worth exceeds ¥20 million ($3.15 million).
Authorities didn’t point out XFX by identify, however a video posted to Weibo on Saturday exhibits officers opening the cargo the place the XFX brand is clearly seen. The Chinese firm’s web site is at present down, and Alibaba-run storefront Tmall has stopped itemizing its merchandise. China-based on-line retailer JD continues to promote them.
Although owned by Hong Kong-based Pine Technology Holdings, XFX is headquartered in California. The {hardware} firm’s operations exterior of China have continued as regular.
It’s required to pay import taxes when transport merchandise to China, which could be what XFX was attempting to keep away from by mislabeling its GPUs. According to the Chinese outlet My Drivers, the observe is widespread amongst OEMs that ship to China.
