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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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September 9, 2003
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Anti-piracy
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Customs seizes counterfeit garments worth $2m
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Customs officers from the Ports & Maritime Command yesterday seized $2 million worth of counterfeit garments from a container arriving from Sri Lanka.

 

The clothes were good quality imitations that might have fetched an estimated $6.2 million at the retail level.

 

Officers at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal found 35,626 counterfeit garments, including men's T-shirts, shorts and briefs, while inspecting a 20-foot-long container imported by a vessel from Sri Lanka.

 

No arrest has yet been made. Customs investigations are continuing.

 

Hong Kong Customs is committed to combating counterfeiting activities to protect intellectual property rights.