(Photo courtesy of BOC)
By Joanna Rose Aglibot
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Bureau of Customs on Saturday said it intercepted shipments containing P240-million worth of fake designer brands in this free port.
In a statement, BOC said that two 40-foot container shipments which were declared to contain T-Shirts were later found to contain 1,269 boxes of counterfeit products bearing trademarks and copyrighted materials without the required authorization from the rights holders.
Some items discovered inside the boxes are fake designer brands such as Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Lacoste, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Under Armour, GAP, Nike, Zara, Reebok.
BOC said that warrants of Seizure and Detention were issued against the subject shipments for violation of Section 155 of the Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines), in relation to Section 1113 (f) of R.A. No. 10863 Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). FREEPORT INSIDER
