For Mexico's economy, illegal piracy and bootleg goods cost the country 125 million dollars in 2015 according to the president of the National Chamber for the Manufacturing Industry (Canacintra, Spanish acronym), Enrique Guillén.

This loss represents 1.25% of Mexico's GDP, making piracy the second most profitable illicit industry after the country's illegal drug trade.

During the First Dialog for the Fight Against Contraband and Piracy, Guillén went on to say that for the federal government, this amounts to annual losses of over 31.7 million dollars in tax revenue.

British American Tobacco estimates that 340 million packs of cigarettes enter or are sold in the country illegally every year, resulting in heavy losses in tax revenue and a negative impact on the country's formal industry. 

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