Categories of Dangerous Counterfeit Goods Imported into the European Union

Source: OECD/EUIPO. “Dangerous Fakes: Trade in Counterfeit Goods that Pose Health, Safety and Environmental Risks,” Illicit Trade (Paris: OECD Publishing, 2022)
Topic: Illegal Products
Reference year: 2017-2019
Geographical area: European Union
Method: Data collection
Link to original document: doi.org
The chart presents the share of different types of dangerous goods destined to European Union member states, in the period 2017 - 2019, based on the OECD and the European Union Intellectual Property Office report "Dangerous Fakes: Trade in Counterfeit Goods that Pose Health, Safety and Environmental Risks," published in March 2022. Except for the data refering to first three categories of dangerous goods, which are mentioned in the report, the values for the other type of dangerous goods are not explicitely displayed in the source, therefore most of the value of data in this chart are approximate, determined with pixel count. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.