SALES OF COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Argentina

1. Avenida Avellaneda, Buenos Aires: hot spot for sales of counterfeit products, including apparel and footwear, watches, electronics, sunglasses, toys, sportwear,  soccer t-shirts and shorts.
2. La Salada, Buenos Aires: La Salada is a distribution hub for counterfeit goods throughout the region and is home to factories that reportedly assemble and finish counterfeit goods.

Brazil

1. Rua 25 de Março, Sao Paulo: The region surrounding Rua 25 de Março in central São Paulo, including Feira da Madrugada, Galeria Pagé, Nova Feira da Madrugada, Santa Ifigenia Shopping 25 de Março, and Shopping Korai, remains notorious for hosting shopping malls that sell counterfeit and pirated goods and warehouses that store these goods. This region is one of the largest wholesale and retail counterfeit markets in Brazil and Latin America, with thousands of shops selling counterfeits of all kinds, including consumer electronics, clothing, footwear, and toys. The Rua 25 de Março region is also reportedly a distribution center for counterfeit and pirated goods throughout São Paulo. In 2021 São Paulo state police appear to have seized more than 22,400 counterfeit clothes, children’s toys, and electronics from six physical stores in the Rua 25 de Março market area.

Cambodia

1. Central Market, Phnom Penh:  Stores throughout the market reportedly sell many kinds of counterfeit goods, including apparel, shoes, handbags, and pirated media.

Canada

1. Pacific Mall, Toronto : The level of counterfeit goods offered for sale has increased. Counterfeit luxury goods, apparel, and electronics are reportedly on display or hidden under tables or in back rooms but available upon request.

China

China continues to be the number one source of counterfeit products in the world. Counterfeit and pirated goods from China, together with transshipped goods from China to Hong Kong, accounted for 83 percent of the value (measured by manufacturer’s suggested retail price) and 79 percent of the volume of counterfeit and pirated goods seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2020.

1. Anfu Market: Anfu Market remains a hub for the wholesale distribution of counterfeit footwear produced by hundreds of factories and workshops surrounding the city . Anfu Market allegedly hosts at least one hundred street-level shops, the vast majority of which offer counterfeits of well-known brands.
2. Putian: Reportedly known nationally as the epicenter of the Chinese counterfeit footwear industry.
3. Asia-Pacific Xinyang Clothing & Gifts Plaza, Shanghai: This market hosts numerous stalls openly offering counterfeit apparel and fashion accessories.
4. Chenghai District, Shantou, Guangdong Province : The Chenghai District is well‐known for its factories that not only produce counterfeit toys and other consumer goods, but also feature attached showrooms to facilitate sales.
5. Huaqiangbei Electronics Malls, including the Yuan Wang, Huaqiangbei Digital World, Long Sheng Communications Market, and Man Har Digital Plaza Malls, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province: Epicenter of the counterfeit electronics trade, the malls in this area serve as a central distribution hub for counterfeit electronic devices and components, including counterfeit computer chips, wiring, capacitors, and LEDs used by manufacturers of counterfeit consumer electronic devices in China and around the world. Vendors at these malls also offer counterfeit smartphones, tablets, wireless earbuds, and other peripherals.
6. Kindo and Zhanxi Garment Wholesale Markets and Southern Watch Trading Center near Zhanxi Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province: These large, mall-sized markets near Zhanxi Road in Guangzhou are located within a mile of each other and offer mainly counterfeit apparel, shoes, and watches. Lower-quality counterfeits are displayed openly, with higher-quality counterfeit goods kept out of view in drawers or upper floors.
7. Luohu Market, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province:  This is a well-known mall located next to the Luohu border crossing between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Reportedly half of the merchandise at the market consists of counterfeit or pirated goods.
8. Silk Market, Beijing: Silk Market remains one of the biggest markets for counterfeit goods in Beijing
9. Wu’ai Market, Shenyang, Liaoning Province: This market remains the largest wholesale and retail market in Northeastern China, and is a hub for the distribution of counterfeit shoes, handbags, luggage, and apparel throughout the region. Medium- to low-quality counterfeit goods remain highly visible.
10. Yiwu International Merchandise City, Yiwu, Zhejiang Province: This market remains one of the biggest small-commodities venues that links manufacturers of counterfeit goods with large-scale distributors. Many of the goods sold in this market are unbranded and non-differentiable, but right holders report that some vendors openly display and sell infringing handbags, shoes, and apparel to consumers.

Egypt

Hong Kong

India

1. Heera Panna, Mumbai: A major indoor market located at the heart of Mumbai, Heera Panna reportedly offers counterfeit watches, footwear, accessories, and cosmetics. Right holders warn that counterfeit cosmetics sold at this market have health and safety risks.
2. Kidderpore, Kolkata:  Locally known as “Fancy Market,” Kidderpore allegedly sells counterfeit apparel and cosmetics, often in wholesale quantities. Severe skin problems, rashes, irritation, and eye diseases have reportedly been caused due to the poor quality of the counterfeits.
3. Palika Bazaar, New Delhi Palika Bazaar: This underground market in Delhi is seemingly well-known for the trade of counterfeit products, such as mobile accessories, cosmetics, watches, and eyewear.
4. Tank Road: This market continues to sell counterfeit products, including apparel, footwear, watches, handbags, electronics, and beauty products. Wholesale counterfeit goods are also reportedly supplied from this market to other Indian markets, including Gaffar Market and Ajmal Khan Road.

Indonesia

1. Mangga Dua Market, Jakarta: Mangga Dua is a popular market in Jakarta selling a variety of counterfeit goods, including handbags, wallets, children’s items, clothing, and fashion accessories

Iran

Krygyz Republic

1. Dordoy/Dordoi Market, Bishkek: This market stretches for more than a kilometer on the northeastern outskirts of Bishkek and is one of the largest markets in Asia. Large volumes of various types of counterfeit goods are reportedly easy to find. Dordoy Market has traditionally been the center of the Kyrgyz Republic’s re-export activity, and thus a transit hub for China-made goods, including counterfeits, en route to Europe and Russia.

Malaysia

1. Petaling Street Market, Kuala Lumpur : Petaling Street Market is a well-known market in Kuala Lumpur that sells large volumes of counterfeit items, including watches, shoes, handbags, wallets, sunglasses, and other consumer goods. The majority of goods that are currently available appear to be counterfeit.

Mexico

1. La Pulga Rio, Monterrey:  A major market with approximately 300 stalls located in the heart of Monterrey, La Pulga Rio reportedly offers counterfeit apparel and accessories, and pirated video games.
2. Mercado San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara:  Mercado San Juan de Dios, also known as Mercado Libertad, is the largest indoor market in Latin America, spanning over 430,000 square feet and hosting over 3,000 shops in Guadalajara. Half of the stalls in this market sell counterfeit apparel or footwear, or pirated video games.
3. Tepito, Mexico City:  Tepito, an open-air 80-square-block market in the middle of Mexico City, seemingly remains a major distribution hub for counterfeit and pirated goods in local markets across Mexico and Central America. Infringing items sold at Tepito include video games, modified game consoles, devices that enable the circumvention of technological protection measures, and counterfeit apparel.

Moldova

Paraguay

1. Ciudad del Este:  The border crossings at Ciudad del Este and the city itself have long been known as a regional hub for the manufacture, assembly, and distribution of counterfeit and pirated products in the Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay tri-border area and beyond.

Peru

1. Gamarra, Lima:  Gamarra is Peru’s primary textile market and includes large, multistory complexes with hundreds of stalls where vendors sell counterfeit apparel. Authorities raided Gamarra five times in 2021, seizing approximately 12,000 counterfeit apparel items.

Philippines

1. Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan:  Metro Manila Greenhills Shopping Center is a large mall located in San Juan, Metro Manila, with a new seven-story building scheduled to open in early 2022. Many of the storefronts in this mall sell counterfeit goods, including electronics, perfumes, watches, shoes, accessories, and fashion items.

Russia

1. Dubrovka Market, Moscow: This market in the southeast of Moscow hosts an estimated 700 vendors. The vast majority of the goods sold at this market appear to be counterfeit footwear, apparel, and luxury watches.
2. Gorbushkin Dvor Mall, Moscow:  Gorbushkin Dvor Mall is reportedly known primarily for its high volume of counterfeit electronics and high-end home appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and flat screen televisions. Counterfeit luxury watches and pirated movies and software are also revealed to be available at a fraction of normal retail prices. There are presumably more than 1,000 vendors in this market.
3. Sadovod Market, Moscow : Sadovod Market is the largest trading center for consumer goods in Russia, spanning nearly 100 acres with over 8,000 stores frequented by approximately 36 million people a year. Businesses from across Russia and Central Asia allegedly use the market to make wholesale purchases of counterfeit apparel, accessories, and toys, which are widely available.

Syria

Turkey

1. Tahtakale, Istanbul:  Turkey’s geographic location makes it a major transit hub for counterfeit goods coming from China into European and Middle Eastern markets. The Tahtakale district of Istanbul adjoins the walled Grand Bazaar, but is commercially separate. The shops in the Tahtakale district deal in a wide variety of inexpensive goods, many of which are counterfeit clothing and shoes. Right holders report that the district also contains a large concentration of counterfeit consumer electronics.

Ukraine

1. 7th Kilometer Market, Odessa:  The 7th Kilometer Market continues to serve as a critical wholesale market for counterfeit goods. Vendors in this market are reported to sell large volumes of counterfeit goods, including counterfeit clothing, jewelry, luxury goods, and perfume, sourced from China and other Asian countries.

United Arab Emirates

1. Markets in Deira District, Dubai:  The Deira District is home to a number of markets including the Dubai Souk, Deira Old Souk, Dubai Gold Souk, Dubai Spice Souk, and Perfume Souk. Right holders report that these markets are well-known among tourists and locals alike for selling IP-infringing goods.

Vietnam

1. Ben Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh City: Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City is a local landmark, typically attracting many tourists and visitors. It offers a large variety of goods, including locally-produced souvenirs and cosmetics. Apparel, footwear, and accessories are also available, much of which is reportedly counterfeit.
2. Dong Xuan Market, Hanoi:  Dong Xuan is a market located in the old quarter of Hanoi, and its vendors sell a variety of goods, including allegedly counterfeit apparel, footwear, accessories, and cosmetics.

Counterfeited Products

1. apparel
2. audiovisual content
3. beauty products
4. capacitors
5. children’s items
6. clothing
7. computer chips
8. consumer electronics
9. cosmetics (Shampoo, toothpaste, detergents)
10. devices that enable the circumvention of technological protection measures
11. digital content
12. electronics
13. electronic devices and components
14. eyewear.
15. fashion accessories.
16. footwear
17. handbags
18. high-end home appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and flat screen televisions.
19. ink cartridges and toners
20. jewelry
21. LEDs
22. lighters
23. luggage
24. luxury goods
25. medicines
26. mobile phones
27. mobile accessories
28. mobile components
29. modified game consoles
30. packaging materials
31. parts (aviation, automobile)
32. perfumes
33. peripherals.
34. personal Protective Equipment or Face Masks
35. pesticides
36. pharmaceutical products
37. pirated media.
38. pirated movies
39. pirated software  
40. pirated video games.
41. semiconductor chips
42. semifinished products
43. shoes
44. shorts.
45. smartphones
46. soccer t-shirts
47. sportwear
48. sunglasses
49. tablets
50. tobacco
51. toys
52. vehicle accessories
53. wallets
54. watches
55. wireless earbuds
56. wiring

Countries

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Cambodia
4. Canada
5. China
6. Egypt
7. Hong Kong
8. India
9. Indonesia
10. Iran
11. Krygyz Republic
12. Malaysia
13. Mexico
14. Moldova
15. Paraguay
16. Peru
17. Philippines
18. Russia
19. Syria
20. Turkey
21. Ukraine
22. United Arab Emirates
23. United States
24. Vietnam