Singapore port
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A Singapore government initiative to reform customs procedures to make its massive port more attractive to shippers for transhipment has been criticised.

A group of large multinational shippers claim it could aid the growing trade in counterfeit goods.

In May, the government called for consultation on amending its customs ...

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  • donald

    August 08, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    One of the most effective ways to combat the fake markets is to mass serialise the original goods and empower the customers to check the originality and other product’s characteristics. Serialization is maybe the most powerful and cost effective anti-counterfeit solution, the one offered by MY-VALIDACTOR are immediately available, easy to implement and at a cost near to zero.