Sales of fake Japanese goods spread on Chinese Web sites
Increasing numbers of counterfeit Japanese goods such as watches and cosmetics are spreading on Chinese online shopping sites, according to a recent investigation by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
METI has strongly requested the Chinese government to take firm measures to prevent such online shopping sites from doing business, while alerting consumers who may fall victim to such products.
As part of the investigation of counterfeit goods, METI said it purchased 10 units of various items made by Japanese companies that were marketed on several major Chinese online shopping sites in fiscal 2009 and examined their authenticity.
In one of the shopping sites, all the cosmetics and character goods turned out to be counterfeits, while in another site, 60 percent of watches and 83 percent of clothing were copied products, METI said.
The ministry did not disclose the specific names of the Web sites they examined.
The online shopping industry in China is expanding rapidly as the number of Internet users in China continues to grow. In 2009, the size of the Chinese online shopping industry exceeded 3 trillion, almost double the size of the previous year. METI thinks that the rapid expansion of the market has led to the proliferation of counterfeit goods, ministry officials said.
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