Seattle CBP Seizes Shipment of Counterfeit Purses from China
On March 13, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists in Seattle, Washington seized a shipment of 25,822 purses arriving in an ocean container from China. More than 8,500 of the purses were seized in violation of…
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various counterfeit trademarks including: Louis Vuitton, North Face, Gucci, Fendi, Burberry and Coach. The combined manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the handbags, had the trademarks been genuine, is more than $8.4 million. According to CBP, China continues to be the number one source country for counterfeit and pirated goods seized, accounting for 62 percent or $124.7 million of the total domestic value of seizures in 2011.