EU GOODS COUNTERFEITING SOARS SAYS REPORT
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has reported a fall in seizures of counterfeit goods by European Union (EU) customs authorities, with the number of articles seized in 2005 being 73% over 2004 numbers, although the final 2005 tally was still 75 million. Brussels warned most fakes are now household items not luxury goods and their high quality often makes identification impossible without technical expertise. Mainland China is the main source, accounting for 64% of all items seized, compared with 5% for Switzerland, 4% the United Arab Emirates, 4% Turkey, ...
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