And the largest of the sugar mill operators, Consorcio Azucarero Escorpión, or the Scorpion Sugar Consortium, is already under criminal investigation into accusations that it faked exports to keep its government subsidies flowing under the last administration.
But fraud has been a chronic problem, with many companies claiming the rebate using fake receipts, export orders or customs documents, then pocketing the rebate and selling these goods domestically.
And evidence has also shown that China exported fake drug ingredients, threatening to undermine the credibility of another booming export.
Many Brazilian animals are smuggled across the country's long northern borders to Venezuela, Colombia or the Guyanas, whence they are exported with fake documentation.
Art factories export low-cost fake Rembrandt and Van Goghs, while antique shops are full of eye-fooling replicas of classical Chinese art.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Business said on Tuesday that no controls were placed on the export of the fake devices until 2010 because there was "no concrete evidence about the effectiveness or otherwise of these devices.
Experts also say doubts about the quality of China's food shipments and worries about its fake drugs could affect other exports if buyers begin to find safety problems or other product flaws.
Because of the costs for proper disposal of waste contaminated with PCB (actually the price is about 600 €/Mg for large bulks and about 2 3 €/kg for small items b), criminal trafficking should be taken into account: Diluting contaminated liquids with other used solvents, faking the waste disposal code, export of contaminated waste for disposal in inappropriate facilities.
Young professionals and college girls scouring for branded export surplus clothing, fashionable imitation jewellery, fake designer bags and shoes are driving a hard bargain.
He denied shipping counterfeit Viagra, but he acknowledged other indiscretions: making false advertising claims, using another company's import-export license and creating a fake corporate name.
Some of the fall in exports was attributed to figures early last year being inflated by fake invoices before a government crackdown around the middle of 2013.
