Opium Value in Afghanistan

According to the United States Department of State, the export value of Afghanistan’s 2006 opium export was $3.1 billion.
Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Southwest Asia: Afghanistan,” United States Department of State, March 2007.

Counterfeit Goods Losses to South Korea

Counterfeit products made in China cost South Korean firms $14.2 billion, equivalent to 5 percent of total exports, according to the Korea International Trade Association.
Source: “Chinese Imitations Undermining Korean Exports,” The Chosum Ilbo, January 15, 2007.

Human Smuggling Market in China

According to author Moises Naim, ” human smuggling out of China alone has been estimated between $1 and $3 billion per year”.
Source: Moises Naim, Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are hijacking the global economy, (New York: Doubleday, 2005), pg. 88.

Spending on illegal drugs in China

A 1998 study stated that $17 billion is spent on illicit drugs in China every year.

Source: International Crime Threat Assessment, “Chapter III: Worldwide areas of International Criminal Activity, China,” December 2000, available from Federation of America Scientists, (accessed: March 9, 2007).

China’s Counterfeit Goods Market Impact on the United States

The United States Government estimates that global companies lose more than $60 billion due to counterfeiting and piracy in China.
Source: Bloomberg, “ U.S., EU Pledge to Fight Counterfeit Goods From China, Russia,” Bloomberg.com, June 19, 2006, (accessed: June 20, 2006).

Global Drug Trade in Japan

An estimated $9 billion is spent on illegal drugs in Japan.
Source: Jasper Becker, Rogue Regime: Kim Jong-Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea,
(New York: Oxford, 2005), pg. 162.

Counterfeit Goods in Japan

The Japan Patent Office estimated that companies in Japan lost 9 trillion yen ($75 billion) due to counterfeit goods in 2002.
Source: Yomimuri Shinbun, ” Chinese fakes costs trillions / Exports of counterfeit Japanese goods to Middle East on the rise,” January 5, 2007.