2016 Seizure Statistics
of IPR Border Enforcement
Japan Customs
Import 1 Number of Import Seizures
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Number of cases
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400
Number of articles (1,000)
No. of cases No. of articles
Import 2 Import Seizures by Means of transport 2016
Cases (share) Articles (share) General Cargo
(Sea and Air) 1,729 (6.6%) 329,001 (52.8%)
Postal Item 24,305 (93.4%) 293,664 (47.2%)
32,060
23,280
26,607
28,135
896 728
1,118
628 690
29,274 26,607
28,135
32,060
29,274
26,034 1,118
628
896
690
623
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of articles (1,000)
Number of cases No. of cases
No. of articles
Import 3 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Right
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share
Patent
Cases 3 2 1 5 61 0.2%
Articles 2,562 331 60 932 185,781 29.8%
Utility Model
Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 0 0 -
Design
Cases 79 43 40 36 87 0.3%
Articles 21,291 10,852 60,458 3,811 8,507 1.4%
Trademark
Cases 26,304 27,975 31,816 28,982 25,666 98.2%
Articles 1,012,538 599,142 825,297 656,853 409,279 65.7%
Copyright
Cases 322 383 527 323 312 1.2%
Articles 81,191 17,768 9,865 27,948 19,068 3.1%
Related right (Neighboring
right)
Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 0 0 -
Plant breeder’s
right
Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 0 0 -
Unfair Competition
Prevention Law
Cases 2 19 86 50 9 0.0%
Articles 10 94 112 77 30 0.0%
Total
Cases 26,607 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 100.0%
Articles 1,117,592 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 100.0%
Since “one case” can be recorded in multiple rights, “the sum of number of cases” of each right may differ from “the total number of cases”.
Import 4 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Commodity (cases)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share Bags 13,843 13,693 11,988 11,463 10,727 37.6%
Mobile-Phones
and accessories 1,218 1,618 3,331 2,936 4,466 15.6%
Apparel 4,890 4,798 7,434 4,610 3,873 13.6%
Footwear 3,027 3,218 3,025 3,875 2,617 9.2%
Watches 1,200 822 1,138 1,234 1,081 3.8%
Pharmaceuticals 465 736 1,104 1,030 812 2.8%
Key cases 1,170 737 660 799 762 2.7%
Computer products 196 229 393 452 489 1.7%
Eyewear and accessories 634 1,127 1,621 1,792 415 1.5%
Belts 955 634 687 491 379 1.3%
Headgear 220 258 421 473 373 1.3%
Accessories 523 335 938 673 335 1.2%
Automobile parts 38 61 129 241 314 1.1%
Electric appliances 922 645 599 335 241 0.8%
Textiles 73 53 256 257 229 0.8%
Others 1,319 1,837 1,621 1,912 1,439 5.0%
Total 26,607 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 100.0%
Since “one case” can be recorded in multiple commodities, “the sum of number of cases” of each commodities may differ from “the total number of cases”.
Import 5 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Commodity (articles)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share Computer products 30,015 13,250 23,741 10,407 195,152 31.3%
Mobile-Phones
and accessories 62,921 89,701 111,942 83,937 74,783 12.0%
Pharmaceuticals 390,093 43,237 43,522 88,543 39,021 6.3%
Bags 83,665 85,235 53,088 59,619 38,030 6.1%
Apparel 93,961 81,665 80,690 59,987 35,736 5.7%
Automobile parts 4,086 5,005 5,524 17,471 25,200 4.0%
Electric appliances 10,405 12,876 34,125 28,281 18,981 3.0%
Key cases 7,292 4,359 4,317 10,628 9,701 1.6%
Accessories 26,677 19,552 35,731 21,121 8,506 1.4%
Housewares 2,793 7,673 1,649 6,764 7,595 1.2%
Headgear 10,725 13,962 12,517 10,013 6,765 1.1%
Watches 4,898 4,097 2,817 6,018 6,103 1.0%
Accessories of apparel 12,913 7,464 6,882 9,696 5,989 1.0%
Sporting goods 738 8,815 688 10,992 5,441 0.9%
Footwear 37,090 23,426 16,815 15,619 5,236 0.8%
Others 339,320 207,870 461,744 250,525 140,426 22.6%
Total 1,117,592 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 100.0%
Import 6 Number of Import Seizures by Source Country (cases)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share People’s Republic
of China 25,007 25,844 29,553 26,670 23,916 91.9%
Hong Kong, China 720 1,053 1,369 1,227 717 2.8%
Republic of Korea 274 328 422 494 427 1.6%
Republic of the Philippines 326 214 281 392 270 1.0%
Singapore 21 346 121 58 203 0.8%
Thailand 85 84 105 123 155 0.6%
The United States
of America 68 119 30 65 68 0.3%
Chinese Taipei 21 62 60 70 58 0.2%
Vietnam 11 16 27 22 30 0.1%
Netherlands 0 0 0 12 30 0.1%
Others 74 69 92 141 160 0.6%
Total 26,607 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 100.0%
Import 7 Number of Import Seizures by Source Country (articles)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share People’s Republic
of China 979,047 507,997 728,136 527,509 373,735 60.0%
Hong Kong, China 66,324 72,430 68,264 42,039 159,575 25.6%
Republic of Korea 23,137 24,030 26,044 87,260 53,505 8.6%
Thailand 22,762 5,775 9,234 4,883 8,591 1.4%
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 7,879 1.3%
Chinese Taipei 13,673 5,719 1,374 4,707 4,544 0.7%
The United States
of America 1,495 1,574 50,765 1,762 4,536 0.7%
Singapore 485 5,745 3,552 1,498 3,853 0.6%
Republic of the
Philippines 3,163 2,847 3,981 7,001 2,787 0.4%
Vietnam 673 257 427 247 1,056 0.2%
Others 6,833 1,813 4,015 12,715 2,604 0.4%
Total 1,117,592 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 100.0%
Import 8 Number of Valid Application for Import Suspension
Number Share
Patent 17 2.4%
Utility Model 0 -
Design 88 12.7%
Trademark 348 50.1%
Copyright 95 13.7%
Related right (Neighboring right) 143 20.6%
Plant breeder’s right 1 0.1%
Unfair Competition Prevention Law 2 0.3%
Total 693 100.0%
(as of Dec 31st,2016)
Import 9 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Source Country 2016
Billion yen Share
People’s Republic of China 8.9 77.9%
Hong Kong, China 1.2 10.7%
Republic of Korea 0.6 4.8%
Thailand 0.2 1.6%
Republic of the Philippines 0.2 1.6%
Others 0.4 3.3%
Total 11.4 100.0%
Import 10 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Commodity 2016
Billion yen Share
Bags 6.0 52.5%
Mobile-Phones and accessories 1.6 14.1%
Watches 1.1 9.4%
Apparel 0.9 8.0%
Accessories 0.4 3.5%
Others 1.4 12.5%
total 11.4 100.0%
Export 1 Number of Export Seizures by Destination
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share Republic of
Korea
Cases 2 0 0 1 2 33.3%
Articles 61 0 0 240 301 2.6%
Republic of the Philippines
Cases 0 0 0 0 2 33.3%
Articles 0 0 0 0 15 0.1%
People’s Republic of China
Cases 2 0 1 0 1 16.7%
Articles 1,524 0 863 0 11,342 97.3%
Malaysia
Cases 0 0 0 0 1 16.7%
Articles 0 0 0 0 1 0.0%
Tanzania
Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 7 0 -
Thailand
Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 12 0 0 -
Total
Cases 4 0 2 2 6 100.0%
Articles 1,585 0 875 247 11,659 100.0%
Export 2 Number of Export Seizures by Type of Right
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share
Trademark
Cases 2 0 2 2 6 100.0%
Articles 61 0 875 247 11,659 100.0%
Design
Cases 2 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 1,524 0 0 0 0 -
Total
Cases 4 0 2 2 6 100.0%
Articles 1,585 0 875 247 11,659 100.0%
Export 3 Number of Export Seizures by Type of Commodity
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Share
Bags
Cases 2 0 0 0 2 28.6%
Articles 60 0 0 0 10,827 92.9%
Sporting goods
Cases 0 0 0 1 2 28.6%
Articles 0 0 0 240 301 2.6%
Housewares
Cases 0 0 0 0 1 14.3%
Articles 0 0 0 0 516 4.4%
Automobile parts
Cases 0 0 0 0 1 14.3%
Articles 0 0 0 0 10 0.1%
Textiles
Cases 0 0 0 0 1 14.3%
Articles 0 0 0 0 5 0.0%
Mobile-Phones and accessories
Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 6 0 -
Computer products
Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 1 0 -
Accessories of apparel
Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 863 0 0 -
Eyewear and accessories
Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 12 0 0 -
Electric appliances
Cases 2 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 1,524 0 0 0 0 -
Key cases
Cases 1 0 0 0 0 -
Export 4 Number of Valid Applications for Export Suspension
Number Share
Trademark 4 100.0%
Total 4 100.0%
(as of Dec 31st,2016)
