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Shanghai customs identifies 16 suspected counterfeit solar product cases
Shanghai customs identified 16 cases involving suspected counterfeit solar products from January to September.
The products were worth more than 5 million yuan in total.
Counterfeits can harm brand owners and disrupt trade.
Customs says it is working with companies and other agencies to improve checks and protect intellectual property.
Shanghai Customs identified 16 suspected intellectual property infringement cases involving solar products from January to September 2026.
The cases involved goods valued at more than 5 million yuan in total.
The cases were found by frontline units, including Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs and Yangshan Customs.
Shanghai Customs said it has strengthened checks using trademark-recognition tools and other methods to identify suspected counterfeits.
- Who
- Shanghai Customs’ frontline units, including Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs and Yangshan Customs.
- What
- They identified 16 suspected intellectual property infringement cases involving solar products, valued at more than 5 million yuan in total.
- When
- From January to September 2026.
- Where
- Shanghai’s ports.
- Why
- To protect intellectual property and prevent suspected counterfeit products from entering overseas markets.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We keep a close eye on key commodities, use intelligent trademark recognition tools, and distinguish authenticity from multiple dimensions, including packaging workmanship, anti-counterfeiting labels and process details, to firmly cut off the chain through which infringing products flow out.
Shanghai Customs’ frontline units identified 16 suspected infringement cases involving solar products.
Shanghai Customs released the figures for the January-to-September period.
- Suspected cases
- 16
- Goods value
- More than 5 million yuan
- Period covered
- January–September 2026
- Customs units
- Waigaoqiao Port Area Customs and Yangshan Customs
- Workstations
- Shanghai Customs has established four intellectual property protection workstations.
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