EU Report Says China Still Largest Source of Counterfeit Goods

China remains the biggest source of counterfeit goods imported to the European European Union, a new report states.

This picture taken on November 13, 2009 shows a man (L) looking at fake iPhones displayed in a shop at a market known for counterfeit US goods and housed in the metro station connected to the Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai. PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

China remains the biggest source of counterfeit goods imported into the European Union, a new report states.

More than 31 million products were confiscated by customs officials in 2017, of which 73 percent originated in the People’s Republic of China, according to an annual report published by the European Communism on Sept. 27. The total value of the items would be 580 million euros ($669 million), if they were authentic.