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$210m-worth of fake Hermès handbags seized in US
US customs have seized more than 16,000 counterfeit Hermès purses and handbags that could have fetched about $211m at genuine retail prices. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted nine separate shipments from China and Hong Kong at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex in an operation between June 6 and September 17. The fakes are thought to have been destined for sale in southern California retailers, and would probably have been worth less than $300,000 at domestic street prices. A $14m shipment of fake Hermès bags was seized at the same port in February 2013 (see picture). Typically genuine Hermes bags – such as the iconic Birkin line – sell for between $9,000 and $18,000, said LA/LB’s assistant port director Elva Muneton in a PE.com report.
Last year, Hermès won $100m in damages from 34 websites that sold counterfeit copies of its products including Birkin and Kelly handbags, wallets, watches, belts and jewellery, while a Chinese national received a life sentence for running an operation making fake Hermès products in Dongguan, Guangzhou province.
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