The increase in the number of violations is explained by the desire of manufacturers to produce cheap products that are in demand among the population. Interestingly, the number of counterfeits in Russia is growing on the background of reducing the number of inspections.

The CPS was more likely to identify counterfeit goods, the report of the State Council of the Russian Federation "On the national system of consumer protection". Under forgery in the document refers to "goods produced in violation of applicable standards and technical regulations".

The report States that despite the declining result of the reform of the control and supervision of the number of inspections over compliance with requirements of technical regulations (the number of inspections in 2016 declined by 17% relative to 2015), "the number of detected violations has been steadily increasing". According to the document in the same period, it increased by 24%.

Was also recorded the growth of "share of products in respect of which confirmed the violation of technical regulations requirements". So, for food products, this figure rose from 3.4% in 2015 to 3.74% in 2016, and for non-food products – from 6 to 10.65% during the same period.

The largest number of counterfeits was detected in the Volgograd, Sverdlovsk, Novgorod and Kemerovo regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Moscow and St. Petersburg, the document States.

Increased and the percentage of non-compliances with technical regulations on fruit and vegetable juices, nutritional supplements, meat and specialized production for dietary and diabetic nutrition.

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