Trade Compliance Blog

If you don’t already, I highly recommend keeping an eye on the CBP News Releases page.  About 90% of their news releases are about drug busts, but every once in a while there’s some good wacky Wednesday news.

On July 29th, CBP Officers intercepted a shipment of counterfeit sunglasses, bearing logos resembling Coach, Chanel, and D&G. The shipment consisted of 43,480 pairs of sunglasses, with a total domestic value of $12,146- Which would be about 28 cents per pair. Talk about a deal!

Had they been authentic, the value of the sunglasses is approximately $8 million – or $184 per pair. I imagine there are some very fashionably bespectacled CBP officers in LA now!

Although CBP is typically associated with protecting our borders from danger, they are also tasked with enforcing our customs regulations – including regulations against the import of counterfeit goods. The penalties of violating these regulations can range from revocation of import privileges, to fines and even imprisonment.

For more details on this bust, visit the CBP News Release.

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