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

E/INCB/2003/4 United Nations Publication Sales No. E.04.XI.4 ISBN 92-1-148173-2 United Nations New York 2004

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2003 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

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

   1. Status of the 1988 Convention

   2. Reporting to the Board pursuant to article 12 of the 1988 Convention . 10-13 2

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

2. Prevention of diversion 

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

   2. Results of other action taken by Governments and the Board

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

1. Overview 

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

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

   2. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of cocaine

   3. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of heroin

   4. Substances used in the illicit manufacture of other narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

Annexes

1. Parties and non-parties to the 1988 Convention, by region 

2. Submission of information by Governments pursuant to article 12 of the 1988 Convention (form D) for the years 1998-2002

3. Seizures of substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention as reported to the International Narcotics Control 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 1998-2002 

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

6. Substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention

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

8. VIII. Licit uses of the substances in Tables I and II of the 1988 Convention 

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

10. Actions agreed to by the Project Prism working groups

Figures

1. Status of adherence to the 1988 Convention

2. Accession to the 1988 Convention: States parties and States not parties to the Convention, by region

3. Reporting in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/20, by number of Governments reporting, 1995-2002

4. Reporting in accordance with article 12 of the 1988 Convention and Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/20, by region, 2002

5. Shipments of potassium permanganate tracked under Operation Purple, 1999-2003

6. Shipment of potassium permanganate to the Andean subregion, 2000-2003

7. Shipments of acetic anhydride between European Union member States and other countries, 2002-2003

8. Seizures of methamphetamine and ephedrine in Asia, 1993-2002

9. Routes used for trafficking in and attempted diversions of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, identified through successful action by competent national authorities, 2002-2003

10. Routes used for trafficking in and attempted diversions of 3,4-MDP-2-P, P-2-P and safrole, identified through successful action by competent national authorities, 2002-2003

11. Routes of stopped shipments of potassium permanganate in international trade, identified through successful action by law enforcement authorities, 2002-2003

12. Routes used for trafficking in acetic anhydride, identified through successful action by law enforcement authorities, 2002-2003

A.I. Illicit manufacture of cocaine and heroin: scheduled substances and the approximate quantities of them required for the illicit manufacture of 100 kilograms of cocaine or heroin hydrochloride

A.II. Illicit manufacture of amphetamine and methamphetamine: scheduled substances and the approximate quantities of them required for the illicit manufacture of 100 kilograms of amphetamine sulphate and methamphetamine hydrochloride

A.III. Illicit manufacture of MDMA and related drugs: scheduled substances and the approximate quantities of them required for the manufacture of 100 litres of 3,4-MDP-2-P

A.IV. Illicit manufacture of LSD, methaqualone and phencyclidine: scheduled substances and the approximate quantities of them required for the illicit manufacture of 1 kilogram of LSD and 100 kilograms of methaqualone and phencyclidine

The role of the International Narcotics Control Board