A container of 13,586 items has shipped from China and will have a combined estimated recommended retail price of $30,437,775, it said.
CBP says that counterfeit goods have been sold in underground stores and on illegal websites.
“The rise of e-commerce provides a haven for criminals, who can now hide behind seemingly legitimate listings on popular websites. The sale of counterfeit goods multiplies unreal profits. legitimacy of smugglers and traffickers, who reinvest the proceeds from such sales into more than criminal enterprises,” it said in its statement.
The agency’s director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, Carlos C. Martel, said “considerable law enforcement resources” have been deployed to keep counterfeits out of the US supply chain.
Donald R. Kusser, Port Manager for the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, said counterfeit goods are often of poor quality and can pose a safety risk to consumers.
“The bad guys exploit e-commerce practices by selling counterfeit and unsafe goods through online platforms, especially during the holiday season when shoppers are searching for deals,” Kusser said. said in the statement. “If the product’s price seems too good to be true, it probably is.”
“Counterfeiting has been a big problem this year, but the growing demand for gifts, home products, virtual learning aids and even health products means the holiday season is a great time to be. especially busy for crooks looking to make a profit by selling imitations, it warns.
“This year, due to the global pandemic, supply chain crisis and changing shopping habits, millions of consumers are buying their holiday gifts and other essentials online.”
In a statement released in December, CPB said its employees seized 26,503 shipments containing counterfeit goods worth about $1.3 billion – if they were genuine – in fiscal 2020.
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