2020 Seizure Statistics of IPR Border Enforcement Japan Customs

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of IPR Border Enforcement

Japan Customs

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Import 1 Number of Import Seizures

Import 2 Import Seizures by Means of Transport 2020

Cases (share) Articles (share) General Cargo

(Sea and Air) 2,215 (7.3%) 343,006 (58.2%)

Postal Item 28,090 (92.7%) 246,213 (41.8%)

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Import 3 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Right

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Patent

Cases 61 18 6 83 116 0.4%

Articles 185,781 26,726 28,128 19,211 40,523 6.9%

Utility Model

Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -

Articles 0 0 0 0 0 -

Design

Cases 87 304 433 289 323 1.1%

Articles 8,507 135,135 116,597 85,684 58,867 10.0%

Trademark

Cases 25,666 30,111 25,284 23,182 29,483 96.7%

Articles 409,279 313,314 723,650 867,804 416,599 70.7%

Copyright

Cases 312 295 438 505 576 1.9%

Articles 19,068 31,564 61,199 46,113 73,230 12.4%

Related right (Neighboring

right)

Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -

Integrated circuits layout

design

Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -

Plant breeder’s

right

Cases 0 0 0 0 0 -

Unfair Competition

Prevention Law

Cases 9 3 2 3 0 0.0%

Articles 30 11 101 68 0 0.0%

Total

Cases 26,034 30,627 26,005 23,934 30,305 100.0%

Articles 622,665 506,750 929,675 1,018,880 589,219 100.0%

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”.

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Import 4 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Commodity (cases)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Bags 10,727 12,727 9,391 9,639 9,931 29.2%

Apparel 3,873 4,581 6,093 5,949 9,166 27.0%

Watches 1,081 1,898 1,613 1,193 4,057 11.9%

Footwear 2,617 3,974 3,170 1,999 1,962 5.8%

Mobile-Phones

and accessories 4,466 3,633 2,385 1,834 1,453 4.3%

Caps 373 591 779 836 1,319 3.9%

Belts 379 473 496 840 1,313 3.9%

Automobile parts 314 289 310 452 672 2.0%

Accessories 335 367 455 406 569 1.7%

Key holders 762 543 423 292 485 1.4%

Eyewear and accessories 415 999 369 296 473 1.4%

Electric appliances 241 293 299 185 265 0.8%

Textiles 229 269 318 222 221 0.7%

Sporting goods 198 248 373 254 209 0.6%

Housewares 193 243 366 262 191 0.6%

Others 2,349 1,701 1,606 1,535 1,676 4.9%

Total 26,034 30,627 26,005 23,934 30,305 100.0%

Since “one case” can be recorded in multiple commodities, “the sum of number of cases” of each commodity may differ from “the total number of cases”.

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Import 5 Number of Import Seizures by Type of Commodity (articles)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Apparel 35,736 40,671 45,605 48,933 67,582 11.5%

Electric appliances 18,981 116,999 68,795 65,937 64,728 11.0%

Paper products - - 14,682 106,058 47,461 8.1%

Computer products 195,152 41,944 49,423 30,477 42,914 7.3%

Bags 38,030 36,084 65,769 30,037 41,993 7.1%

Automobile parts 25,200 14,184 17,323 15,615 28,076 4.8%

CDs, DVDs 4,700 644 444 304,114 26,827 4.6%

Cosmetics 5,195 2,953 2,843 2,908 23,780 4.0%

Textiles 3,344 3,446 10,558 24,857 23,531 4.0%

Mobile-Phones

and accessories 74,783 65,085 50,461 23,745 20,043 3.4%

Accessories 8,506 5,526 30,062 10,284 15,233 2.6%

Watches 6,103 5,714 7,710 5,188 12,198 2.1%

Sporting goods 5,441 5,931 4,781 21,047 11,549 2.0%

Key holders 9,701 7,448 11,628 10,760 9,500 1.6%

Houseware 7,595 29,318 74,534 19,019 8,941 1.5%

Others 184,198 130,803 475,057 299,901 144,863 24.6%

Total 622,665 506,750 929,675 1,018,880 589,219 100.0%

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Import 6 Number of Import Seizures by Source Countries and Regions (cases)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

People’s Republic

of China 23,916 28,250 22,578 19,814 25,828 85.2%

Vietnam 30 95 307 545 1,374 4.5%

Singapore 203 165 141 592 845 2.8%

Philippines 270 430 715 691 635 2.1%

Hong Kong, China 717 828 1,150 1,012 451 1.5%

Republic of Korea 427 322 525 649 406 1.3%

Netherlands 30 3 43 18 220 0.7%

Thailand 155 163 148 154 133 0.4%

Taiwan 58 55 100 70 115 0.4%

United States 68 69 61 54 58 0.2%

Others 160 247 237 335 240 0.8%

Total 26,034 30,627 26,005 23,934 30,305 100.0%

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Import 7 Number of Import Seizures by Source Countrier and Regions (articles)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

People’s Republic

of China 373,735 414,946 773,460 595,421 410,405 69.7%

Hong Kong, China 159,575 55,023 100,430 60,056 58,157 9.9%

Republic of Korea 53,505 9,367 17,449 130,196 45,994 7.8%

Vietnam 1,056 4,932 8,847 7,577 28,621 4.9%

Philippines 2,787 5,334 6,332 8,103 16,208 2.8%

Taiwan 4,544 2,031 2,169 192,883 13,333 2.3%

Singapore 3,853 1,519 3,828 4,486 4,703 0.8%

Thailand 8,591 4,143 10,555 8,671 3,572 0.6%

United States 4,536 1,680 743 4,758 2,101 0.4%

Malaysia 93 5,718 939 695 1,692 0.3%

Others 10,390 2,057 4,923 6,034 4,433 0.8%

Total 622,665 506,750 929,675 1,018,880 589,219 100.0%

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Import 8 Number of Valid Application for Import Suspension 2020

Number Share

Patent 25 3.6%

Utility Model 0 -

Design 126 18.0%

Trademark 421 60.2%

Copyright 90 12.9%

Related right (Neighboring right) 33 4.7%

Plant breeder’s right 1 0.1%

Unfair Competition Prevention Law 3 0.4%

Total 699 100.0%

(as of Dec 31^st, 2020)

Import 9 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Source Countries and Regions 2020

Billion yen Share

People’s Republic of China 8.6 63.5%

Hong Kong, China 1.8 13.0%

Vietnam 1.1 8.5%

Philippines 0.7 4.9%

Republic of Korea 0.4 2.8%

Others 1.0 7.3%

Total 13.6 100.0%

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Import 10 Estimated Value of Import Seizures by Commodity 2020

Billion yen Share

Bags 4.6 33.7%

Watches 3.2 23.4%

Apparel 2.7 20.0%

Electric appliances 0.7 5.2%

Accessories 0.6 4.1%

Others 1.8 13.6%

Total 13.6 100.0%

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Export 1 Number of Export Seizures by Destination

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Hong Kong, China

Cases 0 0 0 0 2 40.0%

Articles 0 0 0 0 1,600 13.0%

United States

Cases 0 0 0 0 1 20.0%

Articles 0 0 0 0 10,321 83.8%

Republic of Korea

Cases 2 0 0 0 1 20.0%

Articles 301 0 0 0 356 2.9%

People’s Republic of

China

Cases 1 0 0 1 1 20.0%

Articles 11,342 0 0 1,275 45 0.4%

Vietnam

Cases 0 0 0 1 0 -

Philippines

Cases 2 0 14 0 0 -

Articles 15 0 24 0 0 -

Thailand Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -

Malaysia Cases 1 0 0 0 0 -

Total

Cases 6 0 15 2 5 100.0%

Articles 11,659 0 26 1,276 12,322 100.0%

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Export 2 Number of Export Seizures by Type of Right

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Trademark Cases 6 0 14 2 4 80.0%

Articles 11,659 0 18 1,276 11,966 97.1%

Copyright Cases 0 0 1 0 1 20.0%

Articles 0 0 8 0 356 2.9%

Total Cases 6 0 15 2 5 100.0%

Articles 11,659 0 26 1,276 12,322 100.0%

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Export 3 Number of Export Seizures by Type of Commodity

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Share

Computer products

Cases 0 0 0 0 3 60.0%

Articles 0 0 0 0 1,645 13.4%

Apparel Cases 0 0 0 0 1 20.0%

Articles 0 0 0 0 10,321 83.8%

Bags Cases 2 0 13 1 1 20.0%

Articles 10,827 0 16 1 356 2.9%

Chemicals Cases - - 0 1 0 -

Articles - - 0 1,275 0 -

CDs, DVDs Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -

Mobile-Phones and accessories

Cases 0 0 1 0 0 -

Sporting goods Cases 2 0 0 0 0 -

Articles 301 0 0 0 0 -

Housewares Cases 1 0 0 0 0 -

Articles 516 0 0 0 0 -

Automobile parts

Cases 1 0 0 0 0 -

Articles 10 0 0 0 0 -

Textiles Cases 1 0 0 0 0 -

Total

Cases 6 0 15 2 5 100.0%

Articles 11,659 0 26 1,276 12,322 100.0%

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Export 4 Number of Valid Applications for Export Suspension 2020

Number Share

Patent 0 0.0%

Design 1 10.0%

Trademark 9 90.0%

Total 10 100.0%

(as of Dec 31^st,2020)