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Market Overview

13 contraband products listed.

Market Value:
$290 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 THE UNITED STATES

Products	Market Value
Counterfeit Goods and Piracy Market	225 Billion
Counterfeit Batteries	12 Million
Counterfeit Dollars	61 Million
Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Drugs	less than 1% of market
Global Drug Trade	65 Billion
Human Trafficking	19,000 people
Pirated Software	7.289 Billion
Smuggled Cigarettes	Unable to determine market value

BLACK MARKET PRICES OF PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES

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(Powder)

20,500

110.0

2.8

Crack Cocaine

24,500

110

-

Ecstasy

10,000
(per thousand tablets)

25
(per tablet)

1.0

Heroin No.4

65,000

207.5

0.6

Heroin
(Black Tar)

28,000

195

-

Marijuana

10,237.5

15

12.6

Methamphetamine

NA

160.0

1.8