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Estimated Worldwide Potential Illicit Drug Net Production 1986-1996 (metric tons)

		Country		1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986
	Opium
		Afghanistan*		1,230	1,250	950	685	640	570	415	585	750	600	400-500
		India		47	77	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Iran**		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	300	200-400
		Pakistan		75	155	160	140	175	180	165	130	205	205	160-160
		Total SW Asia		1,352	1,482	1,200	825	815	750	580	715	955	1,105	740-1,060
		Burma		2,560	2,340	2,030	2,575	2,280	2,350	2,255	2,430	1,280	835	770-1,100
		China			19	25	-	-	-	-	-
		Laos		200	180	85	180	230	265	275	380	255	225	100-290
		Thailand		30	25	17	42	24	35	40	50	25	24	20-25
		Total SE Asia		2,790	2,564	2,157	2,797	2,534	2,650	2,570	2,860	1,560	1,084	820-1,415
		Colombia		63	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,530-3,630
		Lebanon		1	1	-	4	-	34	32	45	-	-
		Guatemala		-	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	8	3
		Mexico		54	53	60	49	40	41	62	66	67	50	35-50
		Vietnam		25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Total Above		143	119	60	53	40	86	107	123	75	53
	Total Opium Gum			4,285	4,165	3,417	3,675	3,389	3,486	3,257	3,698	2,590	2,242	1,595-2,525
	Coca Leaf
		Bolivia		75,100	85,000	89,800	84,400	80,300	78,000	77,000	77,600	78,400	79,200	72,800
		Colombia		53,800	40,800	35,800	31,700	29,600	30,000	32,100	33,900	27,200	20,500	15,000
		Peru		174,700	183,600	165,300	155,500	155,500	222,700	196,900	186,300	187,700	191,000	183,600
		Ecuador		-	-	-	100	100	40	170	270	400	400	1,000
	Total Coca Leaf			303,600	309,400	290,900	271,700	265,500	330,740	306,170	298,070	293,700	291,100	272,400
	Cannabis
		Mexico		3,400	3,650	5,540	6,280	7,795	7,775	19,715	30,200	5,655	5,933	4,000-6,000
		Colombia		4,133	4,133	4,138	4,125	1,650	1,650	1,500	2,800	7,775	5,600	2,530-3,630
		Jamaica		356	206	208	502	263	641	825	190	405	460	1,485-2,025
		Belize		0	0	0	0	0	49	60	65	120	200	550
		Others		3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500	1,500	800-1,000
	Total Cannabis			7,989	7,839	13,386	14,407	13,208	13,615	25,600	36,755	17,455	13,693	9,365-13,205

* DEA believes, based upon foreign reporting and human sources, that opium production in Afghanistan may have exceeded 900 mt in 1992 and 1993.

** While there is no solid information on Iranian opium production, the USG estimates that Iran may potentially produce between 35-75 MT of opium gum annually.

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