India rises to second position in IPR seizures by United States customs enforcement agency

The US Customs and Border Protection Agency issues annual statistics on IPR seizures. These are goods that are sought to be exported to the United States but are seized by the US customs for IPR infringement.   The latest figures available are for the year 2008. In 2008, exports from China accounted for 81% of all IPR seizures. India came next with 6%, followed  by Hong Kong at 5% and Korea at 1%.  

In 2007, IPR seizures of Indian exports were less than 1%, with China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Egypt, and Korea leading in that order.

The 2008 IPR seizures for goods exported from India were valued at 16,258,368 USD. Pharmaceutical seizures accounted for 99% of this total. Seizures of pharmaceuticals from China were only 5% of total seizures from China.

The annual statistics can be accessed here.