Nomura has stated that pressure from the Chinese Government to restrict Chinese citizen 's overseas shopping could have the opposite effect and increase the number of imports via normal channels . For five consecutive years , Chinese citizens have been the biggest spending group in the world , spending $ 229bn on overseas travel in 2015 ; $ 135bn of which Nomura estimates was spent on foreign merchandise , and the local market also ordered $ 40bn worth of foreign products online . "One possibility is more foreign products will be bought onshore via the regular import channels, with pricing made more competitive as import duties are reduced gradually. Even though the Chinese Government tightened rules on imports and introduced stricter customs inspections to crack down on online purchases , Nomura suggests that the Chinese demand for foreign goods will continue , due to health and safety concerns over domestic produce , it will just be served by regular imports .
Nomura has stated that pressure from the Chinese Government to restrict Chinese citizen 's overseas shopping could have the opposite effect and increase the number of imports via normal channels . For five consecutive years , Chinese citizens have been the biggest spending group in the world , spending $ 229bn on overseas travel in 2015 ; $ 135bn of which Nomura estimates was spent on foreign merchandise , and the local market also ordered $ 40bn worth of foreign products online . Even though the Chinese Government tightened rules on imports and introduced stricter customs inspections to crack down on online purchases , Nomura suggests that the Chinese demand for foreign goods will continue , due to health and safety concerns over domestic produce , it will just be served by regular imports .