Illicit Trade in Conflict‑affected Countries of the Middle East and North Africa

Table A.1. Ranking of main destination countries and MENA countries for global counterfeit goods (in terms of customs seizures)

	Rank as a destination economy of global counterfeit goods
Destination country	2011-13	2014-16	2017-19
United States	1	1	1
United Kingdom	2	5	8
Germany	3	2	2
Belgium	4	3	3
Ireland	5	7	19
Netherlands	6	21	10
Yemen	26	53	128
Libya	80	na	50
Syrian Arab Republic	na	na	107
Iraq	145	108	na

Source: OECD global customs seizures database

Table A.2. Ranking of main provenance countries and MENA countries for global counterfeit goods (in terms of customs seizures)

	Rank as a provenance economy of global counterfeit goods
Provenance economy	2011-13	2014-16	2017-19
China (People's Republic of)	1	1	1
Hong Kong (China)	2	2	2
Turkey	3	4	3
Thailand	4	6	10
Singapore	5	5	4
India	6	7	11
Morocco	7	12	16
United Arab Emirates	8	3	5
Yemen	114	139	138
Libya	68	130	61
Syrian Arab Republic	47	81	30
Iraq	44	38	32

Source: OECD global customs seizures database

Figure A.1. Main provenance economies of counterfeit goods imported into Yemen, by year

2011	2012
2013	2014
2015

Note: The value of seized counterfeit goods imported to Yemen in 2014 is not well reported so that the share of seized value is missing in the graph. For 2016 to 2019, the number of seizures is not sufficient to draw the same analysis

Source: OECD global customs seizures database