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Russians intercept R22 ac units from China

 
 

RUSSIA: Customs officers at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk are said to have intercepted a shipment of 130 air conditioning split systems charged with R22.

The shipment from China, valued at around £28,000, were packaged and marked as being R410A units. The documentation, however, raised suspicions and tests showed the units actually contained R22.

 

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