The economic environment in our country is heavily affected by the illicit trafficking of goods, is the main conclusion of the study “Traditional Retail Perception of Illicit Goods Trafficking in Romania” initiated by the ACTIV Association. Of the subjects, 55 percent believe that the sale of smuggled or counterfeit goods has contributed to the cessation of the business, according to Business-Review.eu.
In addition, 2 out of 10 retailers say their turnover would be double if there was no illicit trafficking. Sociological research was carried out on a sample of over 700 subjects, representatives of economic agents, and was conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy in July 2018.
“The approach to assess the impact of illicit goods traffic on the retail environment came as a result of the need to raise awareness of the gravity of the phenomenon. The health of the population is directly threatened by the consumption of smuggling and counterfeiting products. But it’s not the only threat. And the economy suffers from this cause. More than EUR 3 billion do not go to the state budget annually, with the disappearance of tens of thousands of jobs. Citizens, economic agents, state institutions, we are all responsible for the situation. We are currently concentrating our efforts on the preventive side through an education and information campaign that aims to change the attitude towards the social acceptability of the phenomenon,” says Daniel Maracineanu, general manager of ACTIV Association.
Buying illicit products presents, on the one hand, a major risk to the health of the population and, on the other hand, has a direct impact on the decrease in traditional retail sales. This fact has caused 9 out of 10 small retailers to say that smuggling affects their business in a negative way.
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