PRECURSORS AND CHEMICALS FREQUENTLY USED IN THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

E/INCB/2002/4 United Nations Publication Sales No. E.03.XI.4 ISBN 92-1-148155-4 United Nations New York 2003

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2001 on the Implementation of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 

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Contents

I. Introduction 

II. Framework for precursor control and action taken by Governments

A. Status of adherence to the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 and reporting by Governments under article 12

1. Status of the 1988 Convention 

2. Reporting to the Board under article 12 

3. Submission of data on licit trade in, uses of and requirements for substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention

B. Prevention of diversion

1. Examination of actions taken by Governments to detect and prevent diversion of precursors for the illicit manufacture of drugs

2. Penal and administrative sanctions

3. Findings and actions taken by Governments and by the Board 

III. Analysis of data on seizures of, and illicit traffic in, precursors and trends in illicit manufacture of drugs

A. Overview 

B. Trends in the illicit traffic in precursors and other chemicals and the illicit manufacture of drugs

1. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of cocaine

2. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of heroin

3. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants

4. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of other psychotropic substances: methaqualone

Notes

Annexes

I. Tables

1. Parties and non-parties to the 1988 Convention

2. Submission of information by Governments pursuant to article 12 of the 1988 Convention (Form D) for the years 1997-2001

3. Seizures of substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention as reported to the Board

3a. Seizures of substances in Table I of the 1988 Convention as reported to the Board 

3b. Seizures of substances in Table II of the 1988 Convention as reported to the Board 

4. Submission of information by Governments on licit trade in, uses of and requirements for substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention for the years 1997-2001\

5. Governments that have requested pre-export notifications pursuant to article 12, paragraph 10 (a), of the 1988 Convention 

II. Substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention and their typical use in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

A. List of scheduled substances

B. Use of scheduled substances in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 

C. Comparative significance of seizures of scheduled substances

D. Licit uses of substances listed in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention 

 

Tables

A.II.1 Street doses of drugs manufactured illicitly using scheduled substances

A.II.2 Licit uses of substances

III. Treaty provisions for the control of substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

Figures

1. Status of adherence to the 1988 Convention
2. Accession to the 1988 Convention: States parties and non-parties by region
3. Reporting by Governments for 1995-2001 in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/20.
4. Reporting to the Board of information for 2001 in accordance with article 12 of the 1988 Convention, and with Council resolution 1995/20, by region
5. Shipments of potassium permanganate tracked under Operation Purple
6. Exports of potassium permanganate to countries participating, and to those not participating, in Operation Purple, by region 
7. Shipments of acetic anhydride between States members and States non-members of the European Union 
8. Attempted diversions of potassium permanganate identified through successful action by competent authorities, 2001-2002
9. Smuggling routes and attempted diversions of acetic anhydride identified through successful action by competent authorities, 2001-2002 
10. Trafficking routes and attempted diversions of the precursors used in the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants identified through successful action by competent authorities, 2001-2002 
11. Trafficking routes and attempted diversions of the precursors used in the illicit manufacture of methaqualone identified through successful action by competent authorities, 2001-2002
12. Illicit manufacture of cocaine and heroin 
13. Illicit manufacture of amphetamine and methamphetamine 
14. Illicit manufacture of MDMA and related drugs
15. Illicit manufacture of LSD, methaqualone and phencyclidine