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1996 Worldwide Illicit Drug Cultivation Totals
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Hectares Hectares Hectares Metric Hectares Hectares
Country Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Erad. Net Cultivated Eradicated Net Cultivated Eradicated Net Metric tons Cultivated Eradicated Net Tons Cultivated Eradicated
Opium
Afghanistan 37,950 - 37,950 38,740 - 38,740 29,180 0 29,180 21,080 0 21,080 19,470 0 19,470 17,190 0 17,190 12,370 0 12,370 18,650 0 18,650 750 23,000 0 23,000 400-800 18,500 0
India 3,100 - 3,100 4,750 - 4,750 5,500 0 5,500 4,400 0 4,400
Iran* - - - - - - - - - - - - na na na na na na na na na na na na 300 na na na 200-400 na 0
Pakistan 3,400 - 3,400 6,950 - 6,950 464 463 1 0 856 0 9,147 977 8,170 8,645 440 8,205 8,405 185 8,220 6,860 810 6,050 205 13,296 1,708 11,588 190-220 11,270 1,300
Total SW Asia 44,450 44,450 50,440 50,440 35,144 463 34,681 25,480 856 25,480 28,617 977 27,640 25,835 440 25,395 20,775 185 20,590 25,510 810 24,700 1,255 36,296 1,708 34,588 790-1,420 29,770 1,300
Burma 163,100 - 163,100 154,070 - 154,070 149,945 3,345 146,600 166,404 604 165,800 154,915 1,215 153,700 161,012 1,012 160,000 150,100 0 150,100 143,018 18 143,000 1,285 116,700 12,500 104,200 925-1,230 92,300 16,279
China - - - 1,275 - 1,275 1,965 0 1,965 - - -
Laos 25,250 - 25,250 19,650 - 19,650 18,520 0 18,520 26,040 0 26,040 25,610 0 25,610 29,625 0 29,625 30,580 0 30,580 42,130 0 42,130 255 40,400 0 40,400 150-300 0 0
Thailand 2,170 - 2,170 1,750 - 1,750 2,110 0 2,110 2,880 0 2,880 3,630 1,580 2,050 4,200 1,200 3,000 4,155 720 3,435 4,795 720 4,075 28 4,604 1,761 2,843 20-45 4,674 1,740
Total SE Asia 190,520 190,520 176,745 176,745 172,540 3,345 169,195 195,324 604 194,720 184,155 2,795 181,360 194,837 2,212 192,625 184,835 720 184,115 189,943 738 189,205 1,568 161,704 14,261 147,443 1,095-1,575 96,974 18,019
Colombia 6,300 - 6,300 6,540 - 6,540 24,676 4,676 20,000 29,821 9,821 20,000 32,715 12,715 20,000 2,316 1,156 1,160
Lebanon 90 - 90 150 - 150 - - - 440 0 440 na 0 na 3,400 0 3,400 3,200 0 3,200 4,500 0 4,500 na 0 na
Guatemala 0 - 0 125 86 39 200 150 50 864 426 438 1,200 470 730 1,721 576 1,145 1,930 1,085 845 1,495 275 1,220 8 810 100 710
Mexico 13,000 7,900 5,100 13,500 8,450 5,050 12,415 6,620 5,795 11,780 7,820 3,960 10,170 6,860 3,310 10,310 6,545 3,765 10,100 4,650 5,450 9,600 3,000 6,600 50 7,738 2,737 5,001 45-55 7,360 2,200
Vietnam 3,150 0 3,150 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Other 22,540 7,900 14,640 20,315 8,536 11,779 37,291 11,446 25,845 42,905 18,067 24,838 44,085 20,045 24,040 17,747 8,277 8,310 15,230 5,735 9,495 15,595 3,275 12,320 58 8,548 2,837 5,711
Total Opium 257,510 7,900 249,610 247,500 8,536 238,964 244,975 15,254 229,721 263,709 19,527 245,038 256,857 23,817 233,040 238,419 10,929 226,330 220,840 6,640 214,200 231,048 4,823 226,225 2,881 206,548 18,806 187,742 1,930-3,050 260,848 40,838
Coca
Bolivia 55,600 7,500 48,100 54,093 5,493 48,600 48,630 530 48,100 49,600 2,400 47,200 50,649 5,149 45,500 53,386 5,486 47,900 58,400 8,100 50,300 55,400 2,500 52,900 78,400 49,976 1,476 48,500 46,000-67,000 40,300 1,042
Colombia 67,200 - 67,200 50,900 - 50,900 4,910 4,910 0 40,493 793 39,700 38,059 959 37,100 38,472 972 37,500 41,000 900 40,100 43,040 640 42,400 27,200 27,230 230 27,000 18,000-23,000 25,000 460
Peru 95,600 1,200 94,400 115,300 - 115,300 115,300 0 115,300 108,600 0 108,600 129,100 0 129,100 120,800 0 120,800 121,300 0 121,300 121,685 1,285 120,400 187,700 115,630 5,130 110,500 98,000-121,000 109,500 355
Ecuador - - - - - - na na na na na na na na na 120 80 40 150 30 120 240 90 150 400 300 60 240 400 410 110
Total Coca 218,400 8,700 209,700 220,293 5,493 214,800 168,840 5,440 163,400 198,693 3,193 195,500 217,808 6,108 211,700 212,778 6,538 206,240 220,850 9,030 211,820 220,365 4,515 215,850 293,700 193,136 6,896 186,240 162,400-211,400 175,210 1,967
Cannabis
Mexico 18,700 12,200 6,500 18,650 11,750 6,900 19,045 8,495 10,550 21,190 9,970 11,220 28,520 12,100 16,420 28,710 10,795 17,915 41,800 6,750 35,050 57,900 4,000 53,900 5,655 9,000 3,997 5,003 5,970-7,130 9,000 3,750
Colombia 5,000 0 5,000 5,000 0 5,000 5,000 14 4,986 5,050 50 5,000 2,000 0 2,000 2,000 0 2,000 2,000 500 1,500 2,400 130 2,270 7,775 9,200 5,012 4,188 3,435-7,760 13,005 8,000
Jamaica 1,000 473 527 1,000 695 305 1,000 692 308 1,200 456 744 1,200 811 389 1,783 833 950 2,250 1,030 1,220 1,790 1,510 280 405 1,257 650 607 325-535 1,330 650
Other - - - - - - - - - - - - 320 266 54 320 266 54 400 335 65 435 360 75 120 660 528 132 200 1,088 870
Total Cannabis 24,700 12,673 12,027 24,650 12,445 12,205 25,045 9,201 15,844 27,440 10,476 16,964 32,040 13,177 18,863 32,813 11,894 20,919 46,450 8,615 37,835 62,525 6,000 56,525 13,955 20,117 10,187 9,930 10,930-17,625 24,423 13,270

* While we do not have firm data, the USG estimated in 1992 that Iran may have 3,500 hectares of opium poppy under cultivation. That estimate did not change in 1996.

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