Written question asked by Mohammad Sarwar (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 October 2009. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Afghanistan: Opium
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the opium crop harvested in Afghanistan in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
- Answer
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The UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides estimates of the value of the Afghan opium crop at "farm-gate" prices (the value the farmer receives) in their annual Afghan Opium Surveys. These figures reflect changes in the opium price and poppy cultivation. The estimated values for the last five years are in the following table:
US$ billion 2005 0.56 2006 0.76 2007 1 2008 0.732 2009 0.438
Secondary information
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- 497 c1513W; 293680
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Drugs Afghanistan
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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