Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Counterfeit and pirated product market reaches $11 billion

January 19, 2015 by admin News 0 comments

 

The counterfeit and pirate product market is currently worth around $10.8 billion in Turkey, according to the report of Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), and similar losses are being repeated each year. According to the Turkish daily Dünya, $4.4 billion out of the $10.8 billion are items that have been produced abroad.
 

http://www.dailysabah.com/economy/2015/01/19/counterfeit-and-pirated-product-market-reaches-11-billion

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