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Retail Asia13/04/2021
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Fashion

Hong Kong chain AbouThai raided over labelling breaches

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Hong Kong authorities have seized nearly 9000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labeling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing charges under the city’s contentious national security law. Customs officers on Thursday raided 25 shops belonging to the chain, AbouThai, and arrested a 33-year-old male director of the group, the government […]
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Retail Asia24/09/2019
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General

Hong Kong Customs seizes counterfeit sport shoes

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Hong Kong Customs seized about 12 000 pairs of suspected counterfeit sports shoes on Monday, with an estimated market value of about $1 million. The fake goods were discovered in a shipping container at the Customs Cargo Examination Compound of the River Trade Terminal in Tuen Mun. However, the shoes were not destined for the […]
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Retail Asia29/07/2019
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General

Hong Kong Customs smash two counterfeit cosmetics rings

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Hong Kong Customs officers have smashed two counterfeit-cosmetics rings selling makeup and skincare products. In a five-day-long anti-counterfeiting operation last week, 12 people were arrested after seven retail stores and three warehouses were raided across the territory. Some 6400 items of suspected counterfeit cosmetics were seized with a market value estimated at HK$590,000. The raids […]
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Retail Asia29/05/2019
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General

Customs seizes $7 million worth of fake goods

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Hong Kong Customs has seized 55,000 items of fake goods destined for the US during a three-month campaign to combat cross-border counterfeiting. The haul, some of which is shown in the accompanying photograph, included trainer, apparel, mobile phones and accessories, handbags and Beats-branded headphones. Customs officers estimated the value of the haul to be about […]
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Retail Asia01/05/2019
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General

Jail Sentence for trade-show Fraudsters

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Two trade-show fraudsters have received jail sentences after Customs caught them selling fake goods at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. A person in charge of an exhibition booth and a salesperson were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and three months’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months respectively on March 15 and April 12 at […]
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Retail Asia16/04/2019
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General

Counterfeit goods seized in Stanley retail raids

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Hong Kong Customs seized about 1300 fake branded items with a street value estimated at $600,000 during Stanley retail raids yesterday. The raid followed an earlier patrol where officers found suspected counterfeit goods were being sold at retail shops in the seaside suburb. The goods seized included handbags, leather products and clothing. A Customs spokesperson […]
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Retail Asia01/04/2019
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General

Police smash massive China counterfeiting gang

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Police have shut down a huge China counterfeiting ring estimated to have raked in some US$15 million. Chinese police have arrested 32 people believed to be part of the operation, which focused on counterfeiting luxury-branded goods. The Shanghai raid led to the seizure of more than 4000 items of luxury apparel and accessories bearing Louis […]
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Retail Asia31/12/2018
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General

HK customs seized counterfeit cosmetics

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Hong Kong Customs has seized more than 1300 items of suspected counterfeit cosmetics after raids on three sites this week. In an anti-counterfeiting operation conducted with the assistance of the trademark owners, customs officers took enforcement action at four dispensaries, five medicine stores and a warehouse. The raids took place in Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong […]
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Retail Asia11/05/2018
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General

Macau Customs raids two stores selling counterfeit products

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Macau Customs officers have arrested five local residents after busting a luxury counterfeit-goods retailing business in the territory. Nearly 500 fake items of clothing, handbags, belts shoes and watches carrying brand names including Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Chanel and Hermes were seized in raids. Officers suspect the goods had a street value of MOP3.65 […]
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Retail Asia25/04/2018
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Electronics

Hong Kong Customs Roll Up Counterfeit Phone Gangs

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A territory-wide Hong Kong Customs raid has resulted in arrests and netted 100 smartphones suspected of being counterfeits. During the one-day Operation Snow Leopard, officers raided 12 shops and two storage places, seizing smartphones with suspected false trademarks or bearing possibly false trade descriptions. They also found about 3400 accessories also suspected of being fakes. […]
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Retail Asia01/09/2016
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Logistics

Xiamen Airlines takes on board EzyCustoms

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Global Logistics System (HK) Co., Ltd (“GLS”) welcomes Xiamen Airlines to the EzyCustoms service after the successful implementation of this single platform with multi-Customs integration. Xiamen Airlines is extending its network to Canada from July 2016.  The airline is looking for a reliable partner that provides a solution to enable its full compliance with the Canada […]
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Retail Asia29/03/2016
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Chinese customs breaks $4.4m smuggling ring

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Mainland Chinese Customs recently smashed a $4.4m South Korean cosmetics smuggling racket operating between the Chinese port of Ningbo and Incheon Port, South Korea. This follows a crackdown on organised crime smuggling branded goods into China, according to the General Administration of Customs in the People’s Republic of China. According to China Customs, this latest […]
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Retail Asia10/01/2016
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Korean Customs to issue more duty free licenses?

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Park Geun-Hye’s South Korean government has commissioned a formal review of the domestic duty free industry, its impact on tourism and what it perceives as the dominance of Lotte Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free in the sector. A private consulting firm has been commissioned to undertake the review, which is expected to forward its […]
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Retail Asia13/08/2015
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Fashion

Hong Kong police seize 30,000 fake bags

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Hong Kong police and customs officers have made the biggest seizure of counterfeit bags and accessories in a decade. The authorities say they netted 30,000 bags in a two day operation on July 28 and 29, details of which have only just been revealed. Customs and police say they successfully smashed a syndicate suspected of […]
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Retail Asia17/07/2015
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General

Thailand import tax threshold raised

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Thai travellers returning home from overseas travel now have double the allowance for bringing personal goods back home. The Thailand import tax threshold has been raised from 10,000 baht per person to 20,000, the new limit loosely equal to US$590 per person. The Customs Department says the new threshold, already implemented, applies to souvenirs, gifts […]
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