We know that the circulation of presumably counterfeited
products is a global problem that poses a great challenge to
government Authorities and to formal merchandisers since these
products constitute an illegal but very strong competition that is
very difficult to surpass because of the features that they
introduce to the market.
However, an interesting question to answer is what happens with
the producers and merchandisers of local products when their local
and originally manufactured goods are copied by foreign competitors
and are then legally imported to a country for their distribution?
The market competition goes to another level where the quality and
origin of a local product are overlooked and other features,
primarily the appearance– which is practically the same but
normally made with other raw materials, with different quality and
of course, origin, – and low cost, are preferred.
