The most significant producer of counterfeit items is from China, then comes Philippines, Thailand, India Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

Each year countries trade goods worth trillions of dollars from aspirin to zucchini.  According to global customs data collected and analyzed by the OECD and the E-use intellectual property office, of all the imports entering countries by air, ship, road or rail, 2.5% are counterfeit or pirated goods.

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