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Counterfeit Shoes Manufactured in China

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Publication date
10 February 2025
Author
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Publication type
  • Case study

Description

The SME is a family-owned shoe producer based in Spain. It has been exporting shoes to China for years, while the shoes were always manufactured in Spain. Recently, the SME came across counterfeit shoes in Nigeria and found out that the counterfeits were imported from and manufactured in China. Due to the difficulty of enforcement in Nigeria, the SME was unable to stop the sale of counterfeit shoes there. Instead, the SME decided to stop the production of counterfeit shoes in China in order to put an end to the supply of counterfeits. 

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  • 15 OCTOBER 2025
Counterfeit Shoes Manufactured in China