Customs authorities may also confiscate counterfeit goods and fine the purchaser the equivalent of the items' true value.

P.R. Venkat is a Real Time Editor overseeing coverage of Asian equities and money markets for Dow Jones out of Singapore. Follow him on Twitter at @byvenkat. He can be reached at [email protected].

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