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The chart presents on overview of estimated direct economic costs of infringement in selected IPR-intensive industries in the European Union, over the period 2013-2017. The results of the EUIPO report show that counterfeiting and piracy significantly impact the clothing, footware and accessories industries, accounting for 63% of direct employment losses in this area. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

The chart presents on overview of estimated direct economic costs of infringement in selected IPR-intensive industries in the European Union, over the period 2013-2017. The results of the EUIPO report show that counterfeiting and piracy significantly impact the sales in the clothing, footware and accessories industries, accounting for 46% of their direct lost sales. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

The chart presents the key performance indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Sale of Counterfeit Goods, over the period 2016 - 2019. The results of the report show that the platforms’ pro-active measures are the main driver for the amount of listings removed, as they accounted for 98% of the listings removed in 2019 (12% increase since 2016).

The chart presents the distribution of registered cases in total custom seizures at the European Union borders, by different conveyance method used, between 2016-2019. The results show that more than half of the registered cases involved postal delivered goods, while sea delivery method account for less than 3%. Other methods of conveyance include air, road, rail and inland waterways. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

The chart presents the distribution of goods (by the number of articles) infringing Intellectual Property Rights detentained at the European Union borders, by different conveyance method used, between 2016-2019. The results show that more than half of the articles detained were delivered by sea, while postal deliveries by small parcels remain relatively limited, registering a significant decline in 2019 (over 10%). The other methods of conveyance used include air, road, rail and inland waterways. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

The chart presents the share of entreprises that pay for on-line advertising in European Union in 2018, by size of enterprise (the chart does not include the enterprises from the financial sector).

The chart presents the share of e-commerce sales in total turnover, in 2019 for European enterprises (with more than 10 employees), by own website or apps and marketplace. Web sales via marketplaces for Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Croatia, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are less 1% and, therefore, not visible on the chart. The data are not available for Luxemboug (confidential), Italy (unreliable), Montenegro (unreliable) and North Macedonia (no data).

The chart presents the distribution of transport modes for weapons and ammunition seized by customs in 2019, based on the data from World Customs Organization's "Illicit trade Report 2019." The report shows that air, mail, vehicle and vessel are the conveyance methods present in all the seizures of weapons and ammunition. While seizures of weapons and ammunition made from the mail represented 58.2% (6 089) of all seizures made in 2019 (10 469), their number of pieces accounted only for 7.9% (78 131) of the total number of pieces seized by customs. The majority (70.5%) of pieces seized were made via vehicle transport, and out of those 94.4% were ammunition.

The chart presents the annual trend of the number of reviewed publications on climate and environmental science denial from 1990 to 2015, based on the results from the report "Climate and environmental science denial: A review of the scientificliterature published in 1990-2015." The data shows that there has been a steady increase in publications on climate and environmental science denial since 2010. In general, scientific denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, well-supported parts of the scientific consensus on a subject, in favor of radical and controversial ideas. Specifically on climate science denial, a substantial body of scientific literature exists.

The chart presents the distribution of transport modes for counterfeit pharmaceutical, based on the data from the OECD/EUIPO study on illicit trade in fake pharmaceuticals, published in 2020. The report builds on previous analyses of illicit trade, focusing on trade of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. In addition to possible economic damages for the sector, fake pharmaceuticals pose significant health risks, as often they are not properly formulated and may contain dangerous ingredients. The data highlighted that mail and courier services are the main modes of transport for counterfeit pharmaceuticals traded worldwide. In terms of volume, air is also an important means of transport in the global trade of fake pharmaceuticals. In terms of value, the main transport mode was by road transport and mail and postal services.