EU COMMISSION SAYS CLOTHING COUNTERFEITING IS ON THE INCREASE
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA BOOM in counterfeit clothing accessories being smuggled into the European Union (EU) has overshadowed a fall in the trade in fake sportswear, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 30 million items of clothing and accessory fakes last year, up 175%. The overwhelming majority of these counterfeits were accessories, such as belts, caps, scarves, sunglasses and bags, with 24.8 million being seized, up 570% on last year. Confiscated fake sportswear numbers actually fell 64% to 1 million ...
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