It included 113,000 pieces of bags, clothes, phones and cosmetics

"Dubai Customs" recycles counterfeit goods worth 750,000 dirhams

Converting seized goods after being recycled into usable materials.

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The Dubai Customs Department reported that it recycled counterfeit goods, with an estimated value of 750,000 dirhams, noting that the goods that were seized in the customs centers, finally, consisted of 113 thousand pieces for 13 brands, including different types of bags, clothes, phones, and headphones. ear, and women's cosmetics.

The department added in a statement that those goods will be converted after being recycled into materials usable in other fields.

The recycling operations came in the presence of representatives from diplomatic bodies and consulates of the United States of America, Germany, Korea, the United Kingdom and France, with the participation of inspection officers from the Cargo Village Customs Center, Jebel Ali and the Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution Department, as the recycling operations were completed over four consecutive days, It lasted from 12 to 15 September 2021.

Dubai Customs confirmed that this comes out of its support for protecting the intellectual property rights of companies that own trademarks, and in support of protecting the environment in the UAE.

Director of the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department at Dubai Customs, Youssef Uzair Mubarak, said: "We are working in the department to reduce illegal trade and address attempts to smuggle counterfeit goods through customs ports in the emirate, in cooperation with various competent authorities, with the aim of achieving a balance between the rights of Consumers, merchants and brands, in support of a safe, competitive economic climate that supports the development path of the economic sectors in the Emirate of Dubai.”

Mubarak referred to the efforts of (Dubai Customs) and their response to attempts to smuggle counterfeit goods, and to prevent their entry into the country through its various customs centers, in order to avoid environmental, health and economic damages, in support of environmental sustainability through recycling operations for counterfeit goods.

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