Learned from the foreign media reported recently, March 22 Korea Customs Office said that its plan for Korea cosmetics uses specific QR code identity to verify product is true or not, the distinction between original cosmetics in Seoul and China's knockoff, help maintain brand and consumer interests, implemented new QR code labels is expected in June.
According to the Korea Customs Office said that with Korea cosmetics is increasingly popular, more and more illegal counterfeit products appear on the online retail stores in China. It was reported that Chinese retailers selling counterfeit goods, and the real thing are very much alike, the label has also been adjusted. For example, you can see in the following figure, "Sulwhasoo (snow show)" was changed to "Sulansoo (Lotus Show)".
According to China's State administration for industry and data show that in China, about 40% of fake cosmetics sold online.
Korea Customs Office figures show that in 2015, the Korea overseas online cosmetics sales rose 261.9%, 161 million Korea, where sales in China accounted for 45.8%.