In the Urals seized counterfeit 370 million rubles

The Ural customs officers have foiled importation of more than 110 thousand units of counterfeit products. Revealed 16 cases of “illegal use of means of individualization of goods”. Such cases were recorded Ural electronic custom in the trade turnover, as well as in the area of the Chelyabinsk customs when moving goods and Koltsovsky customs imeni V. A. Sorokin in international mail.

“The dynamics of detection of counterfeit goods in the Ural region is increasing. Already in the 1st quarter 2020 the number of identified counterfeit products has grown in comparison with the previous year by 38%. The most counterfeited clothes, shoes and toys,” commented the head of Ural customs administration Maxim Cmore.

For the entire 2019, the customs authorities of the Ural region revealed more than 292 thousand units of counterfeit products. Initiated 15 cases of administrative offences under article 14.10 of the administrative code “Illegal use of means of individualization of goods (works, services)”. According to experts, the damage to owners of intellectual property exceeded $ 683 million.

Department of public relations UTU