A European Commission annual report on customs detentions has shown that the vast majority of fake goods entering the 27-member union continue to originate from China, although last's year global economic downturn saw a decline in numbers.
In 2009, EU customs officials took action in 43,500 different cases where they suspected counterfeited goods were being brought into the EU, a fall on 49,000 cases in 2008, according to Thursday's report (22 July).
Officials were quick to attri...
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