Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated goods
DG Taxud
US Customs and Borders
WCO
Methodology Borrowing from the OECD 2008 project experience
World trade data
Customs
data
Interviews
enforcement officials and industry representatives
EU anti-fraud Office data
• Year of seizure/the exact date of offence
• Means of transport; origin and destination economy
• Type of infringed IPR
• General category of goods
• Quantity
• Value of seized goods.
Main products seized
All products can be subject to counterfeiting
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
Footwear (64)
Articles of leather
(42)
Clothes
(61/62)
Electrical machinery, equipment and parts
(85)
Watches
(91)
Instruments: optical,
medical, etc. (90)
Perfumery and cosmetics
(33)
Toys
(95)
Number of items per seizure on average (2011-2013)
As a percentage of total seizures
Transport modes
1
1 - 5
6 - 10
>10
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Counterfeiting trends: transport
Mail Air Sea Road Rail Other Pedestrian
Counterfeit and pirated trade is mainly done in small shipments
Key results
Corresponds to 5% of total EU imports
EU
Corresponds to 2.5% of global trade
€85 billion
(USD 116bn) of EU imports
Worldwide
€338 billion
(USD 461bn ) Trade in fake goods
Why? Sufficient infrastructure and productive and technological capabilities but lack of sound institutional frameworks to
combat counterfeiting.
However, emerging economies are
increasingly affected.
All economies can be source countries for fakes
Counterfeit goods originate mainly from
middle income or emerging economies.
Brands and companies most affected by
counterfeit trade are located in OECD and EU
member countries.
Counterfeit Trade: Origin and impacts
Counterfeit trade poses risks to innovative companies - no matter where they are based.
Impacts Origin
Global Trade