Counterfeit Batteries is the manufacturing and sale of batteries that profits off of the trademarks and brand names of legitimate battery manufacturers.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association states that $23 million is lost to counterfeit batteries worldwide, with $12 million lost in the United States.

Source: National Electrical Manufacturers Association, ” Dry Battery Counterfeit White Paper,” (last accessed: September 25, 2007).

United States Customs and Border Patrol seized $1.8 Million of counterfeit batteries in 2008.

Source: Electrical Safety Foundation International, “Buyer Beware Anti-counterfeiting Campaign Fact Sheet,” National Electrical Safety Month 2009, May 2009.

Sanyo Electronics stated that back in 2003, the company seized over 3,000 counterfeit batteries in markets in Bangkok.

On a raid in 2009, the company seized 234 counterfeit batteries.

Source: “Crackdown on Counterfeit SANYO Batteries in Bangkok,” Press Release, June 30, 2009.

Source:  “Counterfeit acount for 70-75% of replacement battery market: ICA,” The Economic Times, October 3, 2007.