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