Up to 90 percent of all products available for purchase in retail markets in Vietnam is believed to be counterfeit.

In addition, 47 percent of all pharmaceutical drugs and cosmetics sold in Hanoi are counterfeit.

Source: “It’s easier to buy counterfeit than real goods,” Vietnam.net, May 19, 2010.

According to a report by KPMG, the following are losses due to counterfeiting that occur in the United Arab Emirates.

• Food and Beverage: $9.5 Million
• Cigarettes: $15.49 Million
• Household Products: $3.4 Million
• Auto Parts: $476.8 Million
• Pharmaceutical Drugs: $1.3 Million
• Cosmetics: $37.7 Million

Total losses to counterfeit goods based on these products: $544.1 Million.

Source: KPMG, “Economic Impact Study : Analyzing Counterfeit Products in the United Arab Emirates,” January 2008, page 10.

In 2006, the European Union seized 1.6 Million units of counterfeit cosmetics and personal care products at its borders.

Source:  Richard Roberts, “Counterfeit goods: have frontier defences been breached?,” Cosmetic Business, August 10, 2009.

Source: AP, “EU concerned by surge in imports of counterfeit drugs, toys, cosmetics,” International Herald Tribune, May 19, 2008.

Counterfeit Cosmetics is the buying and selling of cosmetic products that are unauthorized to be selling as a particular brand name.

Losses caused by counterfeit cosmetics exceed $3 billion.

Source: Anti-Counterfeiting Group, “The Extent of Counterfeiting,” 2004, (Path: Essential Information: The Extent of Counterfeiting), (last accessed: February 2, 2006).

Source: Bloomberg, “Counterfeiters costing firms millions,” Taipei Times, January 28, 2005, (accessed: October 13, 2005).

The counterfeit cosmetics market in the Gulf Region is estimated to be worth $210 million.

Source: Jay Hilton, “Fake cosmetics business swells to $210m in Gulf,” gulfnews.com, November 5, 2006, (accessed: November 6, 2006).

50 percent of all perfumes and cosmetics sold in Russia are counterfeit products, according to deputy minister of economic development and trade back in 2003.

Source:  “Counterfeit cosmetics challenge market,” Cosmetics Design, November 28, 2003.