China's customs denies reports it plans to slow inspections of imported coal

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's customs authorities person denied reports that they program to spell dilatory connected inspections of imported coal, perchance starring to less imports.

China's General Administration of Customs said successful a Weibo station connected Sunday that it was alert of reports online that customs inspections would beryllium delayed from April 1, resulting successful longer clearance times.

"This accusation is false," the station said.

The China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association said connected Friday evening that customs administrations successful aggregate parts of China would measurement up inspections of imported ember from April 1.

The relation did not instantly respond to requests for remark via email and Wechat.

The radical and the China Coal Industry Association past period issued a connection calling connected their members to bounds imports of low-quality ember and curb output to bring the oversupplied marketplace backmost into balance.

(Reporting by Colleen Howe and Amy Lv; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)