Chinese "Knock Offs" Often Kill ...
Chinese counterfeit goods flood US
Over the last four years, the CBP reports that its seizures of fake foreign-made goods entering the US have more than doubled. During that time, the real makers of those products have more than quadrupled what we are charged for them to offset those losses.
During the 2024 fiscal year, CBP conducted over 32,000 seizures with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of over $5.4 billion, had the goods been genuine. Ninety percent of those knock-offs came from China and its "Special Administrative Region" of Hong Kong.
The fake designer watch pictured was part of a shipment of 305 watches from China worth more than $8.3 million, which was seized earlier this month in Chicago.
China is continuing to flood the US with counterfeit goods in shipments often worth millions of dollars each (like the fake Cartier watches pictured above) that US Customs & Border Protection Officers seized earlier this month as they entered the country through Indianapolis. Had these knock-offs made it to the retail market, they could have been sold for upwards of $4 million.
During the past three years, China has consistently shipped counterfeit brand-name luxury items to the US, largely made up of three types of merchandise:
- Jewelry
- Watches
- Handbags & Wallets
Over the last four years, the CBP reports that its seizures of fake foreign-made goods entering the US have more than doubled. During that time, the real makers of those products have more than quadrupled what we are charged for them to offset those losses.
During the 2024 fiscal year, CBP conducted over 32,000 seizures with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of over $5.4 billion, had the goods been genuine. Ninety percent of those knock-offs came from China and its "Special Administrative Region" of Hong Kong.
The fake designer watch pictured above was part of a shipment of 305 watches from China worth more than $8.3 million, which was seized earlier this month in Chicago.
The photo below is of bags containing 7,319 counterfeit Van Cleef & Arpels earrings worth more $30 million from Hong Kong that were intercepted by the CBP in Louisville while on their way to Miami.
US collectors of high-dollar professional sports memorabilia have also been targeted by these Chinese counterfeiters. The "bling ring" pictured below was one of many fake sports jewelry items worth more than $600,000 seized by CBP officers this month in San Francisco.
And as damaging as those fake goods are to their real domestic manufacturers, who own their copyrights (and designed them), as well as the buyers who unknowingly purchase them, some of the knock-offs being smuggled into the country are downright dangerous.
The photo below is of pharmaceuticals counterfeited primarily in Hong Kong, China (as well as Colombia and Korea), which were among 54,843 fake doses Cincinnati CBP Officers intercepted this month from shipments intended to reach Texas and Florida. Georgia, Colorado, California, and New York.
16,740 of the intercepted counterfeit doses consisted of Ozempic, Semaglutide, Retatrutide, and Tirzepatide injections in demand for weight loss. The value of all these drugs (which were seized over a weeklong period) is estimated at more than $3.53 million.
The photo below is of bags containing 7,319 counterfeit Van Cleef & Arpels earrings worth more $30 million from Hong Kong that were intercepted by the CBP in Louisville while on their way to Miami.
And as damaging as those fake goods are to their real domestic manufacturers, who own their copyrights (and designed them), as well as the buyers who unknowingly purchase them, some of the knock-offs being smuggled into the country are downright dangerous.
The photo below is of pharmaceuticals counterfeited primarily in Hong Kong, China (as well as Colombia and Korea), which were among 54,843 fake doses Cincinnati CBP Officers intercepted this month from shipments intended to reach Texas and Florida. Georgia, Colorado, California, and New York.
16,740 of the intercepted counterfeit doses consisted of Ozempic, Semaglutide, Retatrutide, and Tirzepatide injections in demand for weight loss. The value of all these drugs (which were seized over a weeklong period) is estimated at more than $3.53 million.
The fake designer watch pictured above was part of a shipment of 305 watches from China worth more than $8.3 million, which was seized earlier this month in Chicago.
The photo below is of bags containing 7,319 counterfeit Van Cleef & Arpels earrings worth more $30 million from Hong Kong that were intercepted by the CBP in Louisville while on their way to Miami.
US collectors of high-dollar professional sports memorabilia have also been targeted by these Chinese counterfeiters. The "bling ring" pictured below was one of many fake sports jewelry items worth more than $600,000 seized by CBP officers this month in San Francisco.
And as damaging as those fake goods are to their real domestic manufacturers, who own their copyrights (and designed them), as well as the buyers who unknowingly purchase them, some of the knock-offs being smuggled into the country are downright dangerous.
The photo below is of pharmaceuticals counterfeited primarily in Hong Kong, China (as well as Colombia and Korea), which were among 54,843 fake doses Cincinnati CBP Officers intercepted this month from shipments intended to reach Texas and Florida. Georgia, Colorado, California, and New York.
16,740 of the intercepted counterfeit doses consisted of Ozempic, Semaglutide, Retatrutide, and Tirzepatide injections in demand for weight loss. The value of all these drugs (which were seized over a weeklong period) is estimated at more than $3.53 million.
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