Recently, the Dongguan inspection and Quarantine Bureau long terminal office for a group from America bulk potash weight identification and detection of serious short weight. This batch of imported fertilizer declare weight at 10051 tons, draft survey results of 9971 tons, 80 tons short weight, high rate of 7.9 per thousand short weight. This is also the Dongguan inspection and Quarantine Bureau for the third time this year, the detection of imported chemical fertilizer for short weight.

In the former ruler Kam this batch of fertilizer heavily, the inspection and quarantine personnel identification has been found to ship constant abnormal, may lead to a serious shortage, and timely feedback to the ship, the consignee. After completion of discharge, the inspection and quarantine personnel identification once again boarded the implementation of round draft survey and issue an appraisal report, the ship this result without objection and signature. According to the introduction of the cargo ship, a short weight of the main reason is insufficient in the port of loading, coupled with the wheel at home in four, before the unloading port three port may overflow discharge, also led to a serious short weight in Hong kong. Dongguan inspection and Quarantine Bureau immediately issued a certificate of weight for the consignee to foreign claims, is expected to be the consignee to retrieve the economic loss of about $25000.

Chemical fertilizer is the important value of agricultural materials, due to high, foreign shipper at loading port to control more stringent when, leading to import fertilizer showed much less short overflow phenomenon. Dongguan inspection and Quarantine Bureau has been suggested to strengthen domestic consignee port of loading measurement work, take effective measures to supervise the installation etc., ensure adequate delivery, and as far as possible agreement weight certificate issued by the inspection and quarantine institutions to port as the basis for settlement.