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Estimated World Requirements for 2001 - Statistics for 1999

(English - Français - Español)

E/INCB/2000/2
United Nations Publication
Sales No.: E/F/S.01.XI.2
ISBN 92-1-048072-4
ISSN 1013-3453
United Nations
New York 2000
Cover page

CONTENTS (documents in )

Part one. General information (English - Français - Español - 220 KB)

Introduction (English - Français - Español)

Remarks on the statistical tables

French-English index of names of countries and non-metropolitan territories

Spanish-English index of names of countries and non-metropolitan territories 

English-French-Spanish index of names of narcotic drugs 

Part two. Status of adherence to international conventions on narcotic drugs and receipt of statistics and estimates (English - Français - Español - 36 KB)

Part three. Estimated requirements of narcotic drugs  (English - Français - Español - 101 KB)

Table A. Estimated world requirements of narcotic drugs for 2001

Table B. World totals of estimates from 1996 to 2001

Part four. Statistical information on narcotic drugs (English - Français - Español - 2461 KB)

Supply of opiate raw materials and demand for opiates for medical and scientific needs (English - Français - Español)

Trends in the licit movement of narcotic drugs (English - Français - Español)

Statistical tables, 1995-1999

Table I. Cultivation of Papaver somniferum for the production of opium, 1995-2001

Table II. Cultivation of Papaver somniferum for purposes other than the production of opium, 1995-2001

Table III. Extraction of alkaloids from opium 

Table IV. Extraction of alkaloids from poppy straw 

Table V. Conversion of morphine 

Table VI. Manufacture of the principal narcotic drugs

Table VII. Manufacture of other narcotic drugs 

Table VIII. Production, utilization, imports and exports of coca leaf and manufacture of cocaine 

Table IX. Consumption of the principal narcotic drugs 

Table X. Consumption of other narcotic drugs

1. Principal fentanyl analogues and piritramide 
2. Derivatives of opium alkaloids
3. Synthetic opioids

Table XI. Average daily consumption of defined daily doses per million inhabitants

Table XII. Total stocks of narcotic drugs 

Table XIII. World trade (exports and imports) in 1999 

 1. Opium 
 2. Poppy straw 
 3. Concentrate of poppy straw 
 4. Morphine 
 5. Codeine 
 6. Ethylmorphine 
 7. Dihydrocodeine
 8. Pholcodine
 9. Cocaine 
10. Dextropropoxyphene 
11. Pethidine 
12. Tilidine
13. Methadone 
14. Diphenoxylate

Table XIV. Seizures of narcotic drugs in 1999

Part five. Comparative statement of estimates and statistics for 1999 (English - Français - Español - 164 KB)

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