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Market Overview

16 contraband products listed.

Market Value:
$79.5 Billion

Source: Calculation of available products in the country. Products listed below, with source of figure listed on product page.

BLACK MARKET VALUES OF PRODUCTS IN CHINA

Products	Market Value
Counterfeit Goods and Piracy Market	60 Billion
Counterfeit Cigarettes	9.07 Billion Cigarettes
Global Drug Trade	17 Billion
Human Smuggling	2 Billion
Pirated Books	50 Million
Pirated Movies	2.7 Billion
Pirated Music	451.2 Million
Pirated Software	5.429 Billion
Pirated Video Games	589.9 Million
Wildlife and Animals	500 Million

BLACK MARKET PRICES OF PRODUCTS IN CHINA
Illegal Drugs

Product	Wholesale Price (in kilograms unless noted)	Retail Street Price (in grams unless noted)	Users Percentage (of age 15-64 unless noted)
Cocaine (Hong Kong)	34,954	96.1	0.002
Ecstasy	NA	4.5 (per pill)	NA
Ecstasy (Hong Kong)	3,354.8 (per 1,000 pills)	10.7 (per pill)	0.03
Heroin	NA	36.2	0.2
Heroin (Hong Kong)	33,248.1	45.7	0.2
Marijuana	NA	0.8	NA
Marijuana (Hong Kong)	1,717.8	7.4	0.02
Methamphetamines (Hong Kong)	13,602.2	45.2	0.04