CBP Stops Fake High-End Belts in L.A.
CBP seized 3,960 belts with counterfeit Hermès trademarks at the Port of Los Angeles on June 18, the agency said on July 23 in a news release (here). If real, the belts would be worth about $3.2 million, based on…
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manufacturer’s suggested retail price, said CBP. The goods follow a recent trend of more convincing fakes, said CBP. "Counterfeit products are increasingly of a higher quality, making consumers easily deceived by fakes that look and feel real,” said Carlos Martel, CBP Port Director of the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex." The belts "had the Hermès trademark stamped on each the boxes, and on the back of each belt" and the "trademark was also engraved on the back of the belt buckle," the agency said.