Distribution of Detained Items at the European Union Borders, by Means of Transport, 2020

Source: European Union Intellectual Property Office. EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020 (Alicante: EUIPO, 2021)
Topic: Illegal Products
Reference year: 2020
Geographical area: European Union
Method: Data collection
Link to original document: op.europa.eu
This chart shows the distribution of the seized items by means of transports in the European Union in 2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that sea, road and air transport remain the most significant means of transport in terms of the number of articles detained, accounting for 88.6% of all items seized (23 million articles).