CBP Seizes $14.3 Million in Fake Designer Clothing in Los Angeles
U.S. Customs and Border Protection import specialists and officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport discovered and seized 47,184 pieces of clothing in violation of Chanel, Polo, Gucci, Coogi and Dior trademarks in three shipments arriving from China over the past three months.
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On May 11, CBP officers seized a shipment containing 3,144 pairs of counterfeit Chanel ladies and girls woven pants. On April 11, CBP officers confiscated 16,512 knit dresses in violation of the Gucci and Polo trademark. Previously on March 17, CBP officers seized 27,528 pieces of counterfeit Polo, Gucci, Coogi and Dior.
The combined manufacturer’s suggested retail price for all three shipments is $14.3 million with a combined domestic value of $173,034.56.
(In fiscal year 2010, CBP at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport accomplished a record breaking year with 863 trade seizures with a domestic value exceeding $34 million. This is a 42 percent increase in the number of seizures from fiscal year 2009.)
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 06/10/11 news, 11061013, for BP summary of Commissioner Bersin saying that CBP is working with ICE and the Justice Department to increase textile enforcement pressure.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/26/11 news, 11052636, for BP summary of CBP identifying certain areas of textile and apparel risk.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/26/11 news, 11052616, for BP summary of CBP’s FY 2010 textile and apparel enforcement statistics.)