Sactwu concerned over counterfeit goods in the country

Sactwu concerned over lack of policing
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JOHANNESBURG - The increase in counterfeit goods on the black market is destroying the local economy.

About 40-percent of goods imported from China alone enter the country illegally.

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Simpon Eppel from the SA Clothing and Textile Workers Union said, "look almost a couple of years ago we did this study and almost 40-percent of products that were imported from China which is by far our largest import destination…and about 40-percent of those were illegally imported into the country."

"So this an absolutely phenomenally large problem, not just in clothing and textiles -its actually in many other sectors."

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