US Customs New York'S Ports Seized Counterfeit Footwear And Other Products.

According to lawyer Li Xinyu, Shanghai Representative Office of SSSPO, which specializes in Customs Law of the United States, the US Customs New York and New Jersey ports (New York and New Jersey seaports) in 2007 were successful in cracking down on smuggling of counterfeit imports.

US Customs issued a press release on the 5 th of this month, announcing that New York and New Jersey ports cracked a record high of counterfeit products smuggling in the 2007 fiscal year, and the value of the infringing intellectual property products seized by them exceeded US $60 million, increasing by 238% and 144% respectively compared with the 2005 and 2006 fiscal year.

In the first three weeks of the first 2008 fiscal year, customs officers from various ports in New Jersey, New York, seized a number of imported garments, footwear and bags, including Yoki Sport, Nike Air Jordan, Coach, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and so on, valued at $4 million 400 thousand.

Information released by US Customs shows that counterfeit products are smuggled in various ways.

Illegal goods are often forgery as plastic forks, brake pads, Christmas decorations, or fake leather purses hidden in large wooden frames and artworks.

New York customs officers even found that smuggling groups hide counterfeit Nike shoes in the interlayer of refrigerated containers, which is very similar to the traditional way of drug smuggling.

In addition, some people imported counterfeit labels, tags and signs from overseas to reduce the risk of being seized by customs.

On the same day, the US customs also announced that the customs officers of Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport recently cracked a counterfeit footwear product and a clothing smuggling case, and intercepted 64664 pairs of fake Nike sports shoes and 6144 fake North Angeles/Long trademark ready-made garments.

These counterfeit products have a total of 7 containers.

The smuggling group tried to declare the import of the goods in the name of Chinese furniture last month.

The domestic value of the goods is as high as US $about 2000000.

According to Li Xinyu lawyer, counterfeit footwear products and ready-made clothes have always been the top of the US customs seizure list.

In addition to intellectual property rights, the US Customs Department has intensified the investigation of imported goods that violate federal safety regulations for food, medicine, cosmetics, toys and electrical products.