Top 20 Foreign Countries by Trademark Applications in China for Year 2012
The Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO) released on 3 May 2013 the statistics on trademark applications in China for year 2012.
According to the statistics, 1,648,316 applications for trademark registration in China were accepted by CTMO during 2012, up 16.3% from the previous year. Of the total trademark applications in China during the year, applications filed by foreign applicants amounted to 145,776 (8.84% of the total), and among the foreign applications, 20,121 (2.95% of the total) were applications designating territorial extension to China under the Madrid system.
The top 20 foreign countries or regions by number of trademark applications (including Madrid applications) in China for year 2012 were as follows:
| Ranking | Country/Region | Foreign Trademark Application | Total | |
| Country/Region Application | Madrid Application | |||
| 1 | US |
24,751 |
4,040 | 28,791 |
| 2 | Japan | 21,572 | 3,104 | 24,676 |
| 3 | Germany | 4,395 | 6,508 | 10,903 |
| 4 | EU | 0 | 9,100 | 9,100 |
| 5 | France | 3,599 | 5,274 | 8,873 |
| 6 | UK | 5,680 | 1,545 | 7,225 |
| 7 | Korea | 6,114 | 539 | 6,653 |
| 8 | Italy | 2,609 | 3,798 | 6,407 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1,570 | 3,828 | 5,398 |
| 10 | Australia | 2,130 | 917 | 3,047 |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 2,758 | 0 | 2,758 |
| 12 | Russia | 389 | 1,974 | 2,363 |
| 13 | Benelux | 0 | 2,241 | 2,241 |
| 14 | Spain | 1,479 | 631 | 2,110 |
| 15 | Singapore | 1,836 | 231 | 2,067 |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 1,742 | 0 | 1,742 |
| 17 | Denmark | 1,040 | 529 | 1,569 |
| 18 | Canada | 1,536 | 0 | 1,536 |
| 19 | The Netherlands | 1,101 | 0 | 1,101 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 1,090 | 0 | 1,090 |
