Informed by the General Administration of Customs (GAC), customs nationwide handled a total of 2,473 cases relating to exported or imported infringing goods in 2006, which had a value of 200 million RMB.

In August 2006, GAC launched a campaign seizing infringing goods circulated by the channels of post and express delivery in light of the more frequent use of these means by IPR infringers for export.  The exported goods and articles with potential IPR issue were screened more intensively.  The containers which manifests carried names of famous brands were opened for inspection  without an exception.  In September, a specific campaign at borders in the Yangtze Delta Region effectively curbed the upward trend of export of infringing goods from the region. 

During the August campaign, customs seized 426 infringements with the goods value of 2.32 million RMB by post or express delivery.  In the September campaign, customs in the Yangtze Delta Region handled 162 such cases with 16.51 million RMB goods. 

The seizure of this magnitude of cases served an efficient leash on the illegal import and export of infringing goods.  Enlightened by the customs' definitive action, many OEM factories have formed a habit of consulting the necessary IPR credentials including the authorized IPR license scope before taking any order for the avoidance of committing infringement without knowledge.