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Customs Agency reports 80% increase in counterfeit goods seized at border

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In 2023, the Bulgarian Customs Agency seized more than 17.5 million items infringing intellectual property rights, which is an increase of about 80% of confiscated counterfeit goods compared to the previous year, Georgi Georgiev, director of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, told BGNES.

The unregulated goods arrive mainly from Turkey, China and Hong Kong. The most frequently detained goods are packaging materials, followed by clothing and accessories, perfumes and cosmetics, labels and stickers, bags, wallets, car parts, shoes. 

According to Georgi Georgiev, 60% of the items are confiscated at the Captain Andreevo checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, but active work is also being done at the port of Varna.



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