Customs Seizes
Counterfeit Footwear and Jackets Worth $2
Million
11/07/07 03:44 PM
Posted by
Jennifer KessingerFiled in:
Customs
| International
Trade | Enforcement
On November
5, 2007 it was reported, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection ("CBP") officers and
import specialists at the Los Angeles/Long Beach
Seaport uncovered a smuggling scheme and seized
64,664 pairs of counterfeit "Nike" footwear and
6,144 counterfeit "North Face" jackets worth
more than $2 million in domestic value. The
counterfeit merchandise was discovered in four
separate sea container shipments in October
labeled as furniture from China.
The report states that during fiscal year 2006, CBP
made more than 14,000 seizures of counterfeit goods
worth more than $155 million that violated
intellectual property laws. Footwear and wearing
apparel are among the top commodities seized by CBP
in fiscal year 2006.
Tags: Seizures, Apparel, Enforcement
