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The seized counterfeit products were mainly brand-name bags and watches. Among major brands, LV and Rolex are the two most popular counterfeit products among Koreans.

The "Disclosure Status of Trademark and Intellectual Property Rights Violations from 2012 to 2016" obtained by Park Myung-jae, a member of the Liberty Korea Party under the Planning and Finance Committee of the National Assembly, from the Customs Service shows that from 2012 to 2016, the National Tax Service A total of 1,603 cases of intellectual property violations were revealed, with a total amount of 2.8218 trillion won.

Specifically, it was 933.2 billion won (593 cases) in 2012, 574.9 billion won (374 cases) in 2013, 516.2 billion won (262 cases) in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. The number of infringement cases is 465.3 billion won (193 cases) and 332.2 billion won (181 cases). The number of infringement cases is decreasing year by year.

As of last year, the total value of LV products smuggled and circulated to South Korea in the past five years was approximately 208 billion won, and the scale of counterfeit Rolex products also reached 195.1 billion won, the report said. It can be seen that the copycat products of these two major brands are very popular among Korean consumers.

In addition, counterfeit goods such as Cartier (146.7 billion won), Chanel (144.6 billion won), Burberry (92.4 billion won), Gucci (74.8 billion won), and Armani (45.8 billion won) are relatively popular in Korea. prosperous.

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