01304nam a2200133   4500100002400000245006400024260004000088300000800128520087800136650003401014856010201048942000701150999001301157  aTanzania Daily News  aEAC Trade Technocrats Meet to Discuss Growing Illicit Trade  aTanzaniabTanzania Daily Newsc2016  a3p.  aThis story discusses the issue of counterfeiting and other forms of illicit trade that undermine economies of the East African community (EAC)'s partner states. Illicit trade costs Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi multi-billion dollar annually in revenue to counterfeits. Tanzania is estimated to lose about 1.5 billion US dollars in revenue to counterfeits. Illicit trade includes, but is not limited to intellectual property infringements and trade in substandard goods that pose or cause health or safety risks, parallel imports and undeclared local production, smuggling of excisable goods and a variety of illicit financial flows. As a result "EABC in collaboration with Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the Kenya government are organising the high-level second Regional Anti-Illicit Trade Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss on the issue"   aIllicit Trade ,Counterfeiting  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/EAC Trade Technocrats Meet to Discuss Growing Illicit Trade.pdf  cCF  c788d788