2019.4.1. / Number of injunctions on intellectual property infringing goods to record high

2019.4.1. / Number of injunctions on intellectual property infringing goods to record high

The Ministry of Finance has released the status of injunction of intellectual property infringing goods in customs in 2018.
According to this, the number of import injunctions amounted to 26,005, exceeding 25,000 for the seventh consecutive year, and at the same time the number of import injunctions for intellectual property infringing goods reached 929,675 (83.5% compared to the previous year). It became the highest in the year.

 

More than 80% of these imports come from China.

Ministry of Finance
https://www.mof.go.jp/customs_tariff/trade/safe_society/chiteki/cy2018/20190308.htm

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