2017 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 2017
Cases (share) Articles (share) General Cargo
(Sea and Air) 2,287 (7.5%) 286,344 (56.5%)
Postal Item 28,340 (92.5%) 220,406 (43.5%)
32,060
23,280
26,607 28,135
896
728
1,118
628 690
29,274 28,135
32,060
29,274
26,034
30,627
628
896
690
623
507
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
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of articles (1,000)
Number of cases No. of cases
No. of articles
Import 3 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Right
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Patent
Cases 2 1 5 61 18 0.1%
Articles 331 60 932 185,781 26,726 5.3%
Utility Model Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 0 0 -
Design Cases 43 40 36 87 304 1.0%
Articles 10,852 60,458 3,811 8,507 135,135 26.7%
Trademark Cases 27,975 31,816 28,982 25,666 30,111 98.0%
Articles 599,142 825,297 656,853 409,279 313,314 61.8%
Copyright
Cases 383 527 323 312 295 1.0%
Articles 17,768 9,865 27,948 19,068 31,564 6.2%
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 19 86 50 9 3 0.0%
Articles 94 112 77 30 11 0.0%
Total
Cases 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 30,627 100.0%
Articles 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 506,750 100.0%
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)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Bags 13,693 11,988 11,463 10,727 12,727 38.8%
Apparel 4,798 7,434 4,610 3,873 4,581 14.0%
Footwear 3,218 3,025 3,875 2,617 3,974 12.1%
Mobile-Phones
and accessories 1,618 3,331 2,936 4,466 3,633 11.1%
Watches 822 1,138 1,234 1,081 1,898 5.8%
Eyewear and accessories 1,127 1,621 1,792 415 999 3.0%
Headgear 258 421 473 373 591 1.8%
Key cases 737 660 799 762 543 1.7%
Belts 634 687 491 379 473 1.4%
Computer products 229 393 452 489 467 1.4%
Pharmaceuticals 736 1,104 1,030 812 459 1.4%
Accessories 335 938 673 335 367 1.1%
Electric appliances 645 599 335 241 293 0.9%
Automobile parts 61 129 241 314 289 0.9%
Textiles 53 256 257 229 269 0.8%
Others 1,837 1,621 1,912 1,439 1,266 3.9%
Total 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 30,627 100.0%
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)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Electric appliances 12,876 34,125 28,281 18,981 116,999 23.1%
Mobile-Phones
and accessories 89,701 111,942 83,937 74,783 65,085 12.8%
Computer products 13,250 23,741 10,407 195,152 41,944 8.3%
Apparel 81,665 80,690 59,987 35,736 40,671 8.0%
Bags 85,235 53,088 59,619 38,030 36,084 7.1%
Housewares 7,673 1,649 6,764 7,595 29,318 5.8%
Pharmaceuticals 43,237 43,522 88,543 39,021 17,745 3.5%
Automobile parts 5,005 5,524 17,471 25,200 14,184 2.8%
Footwear 23,426 16,815 15,619 5,236 9,460 1.9%
Smoking appliance 187 276 305 164 7,967 1.6%
Key cases 4,359 4,317 10,628 9,701 7,448 1.5%
Headgear 13,962 12,517 10,013 6,765 7,097 1.4%
Sporting goods 8,815 688 10,992 5,441 5,931 1.2%
Watches 4,097 2,817 6,018 6,103 5,714 1.1%
Accessories 19,552 35,731 21,121 8,506 5,526 1.1%
Others 215,147 468,350 259,916 146,251 95,577 18.9%
Total 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 506,750 100.0%
Import 6 Number of Import Seizures by Source Country (cases)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
People’s Republic
of China 25,844 29,553 26,670 23,916 28,250 92.2%
Hong Kong, China 1,053 1,369 1,227 717 828 2.7%
Republic of the Philippines 214 281 392 270 430 1.4%
Republic of Korea 328 422 494 427 322 1.1%
Singapore 346 121 58 203 165 0.5%
Thailand 84 105 123 155 163 0.5%
Vietnam 16 27 22 30 95 0.3%
The United States
of America 119 30 65 68 69 0.2%
France 1 0 0 20 63 0.2%
Chinese Taipei 62 60 70 58 55 0.2%
Others 68 92 153 170 187 0.6%
Total 28,135 32,060 29,274 26,034 30,627 100.0%
Import 7 Number of Import Seizures by Source Country (articles)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
People’s Republic
of China 507,997 728,136 527,509 373,735 414,946 81.9%
Hong Kong, China 72,430 68,264 42,039 159,575 55,023 10.9%
Republic of Korea 24,030 26,044 87,260 53,505 9,367 1.8%
Malaysia 31 110 1,202 93 5,718 1.1%
Republic of the
Philippines 2,847 3,981 7,001 2,787 5,334 1.1%
Vietnam 257 427 247 1,056 4,932 1.0%
Thailand 5,775 9,234 4,883 8,591 4,143 0.8%
Chinese Taipei 5,719 1,374 4,707 4,544 2,031 0.4%
The United States
of America 1,574 50,765 1,762 4,536 1,680 0.3%
Singapore 5,745 3,552 1,498 3,853 1,519 0.3%
Others 1,782 3,905 11,513 10,390 2,057 0.4%
Total 628,187 895,792 689,621 622,665 506,750 100.0%
Import 8 Number of Valid Application for Import Suspension
Number Share
Patent 17 2.5%
Utility Model 0 -
Design 107 15.6%
Trademark 368 53.6%
Copyright 99 14.4%
Related right (Neighboring right) 93 13.5%
Plant breeder’s right 1 0.1%
Unfair Competition Prevention Law 2 0.3%
Total 687 100.0%
(as of Dec 31st,2017)
Import 9 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Source Country 2017
Billion yen Share
People’s Republic of China 8.8 77.9%
Hong Kong, China 1.1 9.7%
Republic of the Philippines 0.7 6.2%
Republic of Korea 0.2 1.8%
Vietnam 0.1 0.9%
Others 0.4 3.5%
Total 11.3 100.0%
Import 10 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Commodity 2017
Billion yen Share
Bags 5.2 46.0%
Watches 2.2 19.5%
Electric appliances 0.9 8.0%
Apparel 0.9 8.0%
Housewares 0.7 6.2%
Others 1.4 12.4%
total 11.3 100.0%
Export 1 Number of Export Seizures by Destination
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Republic of Korea
Cases 0 0 1 2 0 -
Articles 0 0 240 301 0 -
Republic of the Philippines
Cases 0 0 0 2 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 15 0 -
People’s Republic of China
Cases 0 1 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 863 0 11,342 0 -
Malaysia Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 1 0 -
Tanzania Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 7 0 0 -
Thailand
Cases 0 1 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 12 0 0 0 -
Total
Cases 0 2 2 6 0 -
Articles 0 875 247 11,659 0 -
Export 2 Number of Export Seizures by Type of Right
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Trademark Cases 0 2 2 6 0 -
Articles 0 875 247 11,659 0 -
Total Cases 0 2 2 6 0 -
Articles 0 875 247 11,659 0 -
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Share
Bags
Cases 0 0 0 2 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 10,827 0 -
Sporting goods Cases 0 0 1 2 0 -
Articles 0 0 240 301 0 -
Housewares
Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 516 0 -
Automobile parts
Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 10 0 -
Textiles Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -
Articles 0 0 0 5 0 -
Mobile-Phones and accessories
Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 6 0 0 -
Computer products
Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -
Articles 0 0 1 0 0 -
Accessories of apparel
Cases 0 1 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 863 0 0 0 -
Eyewear and accessories
Cases 0 1 0 0 0 -
Articles 0 12 0 0 0 -
Total Cases 0 2 2 6 0 -
Articles 0 875 247 11,659 0 -
Number Share
Trademark 5 100.0%
Total 5 100.0%
(as of Dec 31st,2017)
