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Counterfeit Batteries Market Value: $23 Million

havocscope — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:32:45 +0000

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).

Counterfeit Batteries losses in 2008

havocscope — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:34:34 +0000

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.

Counterfeit Sanyo Batteries in Thailand

havocscope — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:09:44 +0000

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.

75 percent of mobile phone replacement batteries in India believed to be counterfeit

havocscope — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:56:54 +0000

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