CBP Reports Textile IPR Seizures Statistics for FY 2017

CBP posted its fiscal year 2017 textile and apparel enforcement statistics showing that textiles and apparel seized for intellectual property rights (IPR) violations increased from 2016. The value of goods seized for IPR violations fell by about than $4 million dollars, CBP said. The agency visited 145 factories in 10 countries to verify compliance during the year, it said. The agency performed 7,600 cargo examinations and found about 6.4 percent, or 486, to be "discrepant." That percentage is about the same as in FY16. CBP remains unable to provide statistics for fraud penalties because of the use of multiple Priority Trade Issue codes, it said. "The system does not allow for multiple PTI codes and CBP is in the process of addressing this system shortcoming," it said.