Tag page - COUNTERFEIT ITEMS

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) highlighted the Philippines best practices in the protection of consumer rights, including the country’s efforts to protect against the sale of counterfeit products. The 2024 Special 301 Report released by the USTR, an annual watch list...

In its latest biennial report in December 2022, the European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List identified the Baclaran, Cartimar, Divisoria and Greenhills markets in Metro Manila, Philippines as offering a wide range of counterfeit goods on retail and wholesale basis. This is the...

Another huge haul of counterfeit items, this time worth P1 billion, was discovered at a storage facility in Magallanes, Makati City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) revealed on Thursday, June 17. SO MUCH FAKENESS -- Customs agents uncover a P1-billion haul of counterfeit products at a storage facility...

A warehouse in Baclaran, Parañaque City was found to have P2 billion worth of counterfeit goods ranging from signature branded clothes to beauty products, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said. FAKE, FAKE, FAKE-- Various imitations of signature branded footwear and clothing, as well as counterfeit...