BECAUSE OF COUNTERFEIT FAST Industry of Tatarstan LOSES 1.5 BILLION. Rubles annually
Total damage from the sale of counterfeit goods of light industry in Tatarstan is 1.5 billion rubles a year, in Russia - 30 - 40 billion rubles. These data led the newspaper BUSINESS `Online` Tatiana Fedorova - Chairman of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile and Light Industry of RT
`Who is the amount of light industry market illegally imported products is estimated to be between 37 - 38% of the total volume of products sold. Year by year, the volume of smuggled goods is reduced, so even 5 years ago, this figure was about 50% - said Fedorov. - Although experts do not take into account the clandestine manufacture of the Republic and Russia, as if to consider, and it is this figure is now closer to 50%, and five years ago to 70% `.
Fedorov thus noted that buyers are gradually moving to Russia, to the republican products because in a conflict situation on the quality of the goods they will be able to contact the manufacturer directly.
`There are positive nuances, but as long as they are negligible - continues preboards Union of Entrepreneurs. - Throughout the world, counterfeit products account for 10 - 15%, we are still a long way from that. Fight force alone - it is useless. It is necessary to introduce a patent on the work of the textile, light industry `.
