EAEU states identified over 9.5 million counterfeit items in 2025

A 2025 report recorded 1,782 intellectual-property infringements in EAEU states; EEC Minister Bakhyt Sultanov noted a 36.4% rise in criminal offences. More than 9.5 million counterfeit units were identified. Source: Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

Most cases concerned trademarks (85.6%, or 1,525). Leading counterfeit categories include clothing and footwear, appliances and electronics, toys, haberdashery, auto parts and alcohol.

The committee also reviewed Eurasian Economic Path IP measures, whether Union law should define “trade mark”, “trade name” and “brand”, and testing of the EAEU trademark registration system and the single customs IP register.