Shoes, most pirated goods in the world: OECD – Newscasts Televisa

PARIS, France, April. 18, 2016.- The shoes of all kinds are more pirated goods in the world, an illegal activity valued at about 500 billion dollars that China tops and even includes a copy of fruit, said a report released today by the OECD .

If your shoes are the most copied products observe violations of the right to intellectual property including bananas and strawberries, said the report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and office EU of individual property (euipo).

the agencies warned that piracy affects all types of products and endangers the lives of individuals with pieces of defective cars, drug adverse effects, dangerous toys, baby milk with no nutritional value and medical instruments that give erroneous measurements.

the report also said that piracy affects not only luxury goods or big business.

the pirates take advantage of the confidence we carry brands to weaken economies and endanger the lives of individuals, said the deputy secretary of the OECD, Doug Frantz.

according to the study, piracy has a major impact on world trade and on companies, mainly from the United States, Italy, France and Switzerland.

according to data collected in the report, imports of pirated products amounts to about 500 billion dollars per year, equivalent to 2.5 percent of world imports.

in the case of Europe, the report noted that 5.0 percent of the goods imported in the Old continent they are pirates.

the authors of the report, based on data collected by customs in several countries in 2013 and that does not include Internet piracy, insisted that much of sums from such sales feeds crime organized

According to the report., the share of pirated products increased between 2008, the year representing 1.9 percent of world trade, and 2013, representing 2.5 percent.

Hong Kong, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates and Morocco topped the list of countries producing pirated goods circulating in different circuits to reach their destination, particularly in Asia and through postal companies public post.

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