CHINA FOCUS OF CONFECTIONARY FAKES TRADE SAYS EC
October 1st, 2006
BY DEIRDRE MASON
NEARLY a third of all confectionary sold in China are counterfeit or copycats of global brands, a new European Commission survey says.
The intellectual property enforcement survey for 2006, based on questionnaires about infringements and the attitudes of the authorities in the countries concerned, put China at the top of the tree for sweet fraud. According to the returns received from businesses, industrial federations and diplomatic missions, "for the confectionary business, the infringement causes more than 30% loss in sales value every ...
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