Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 22 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 November 2000. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 November 2000 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

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Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will estimate the global production of (a) opium and (b) coca in each of the last 10 years. - Includes tables.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will estimate the global production of (a) opium and (b) coca in each of the last 10 years. [140374] Mr. Ian McCartney: (a) The figures given in the following table for opium are based on UNDCP figures. Dividing each figure by 10 will give the amount of annual potential heroin production although by no means all opium produced will be processed into heroin. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Opium (metric tons) 1990 3,760 1991 4,274 1992 4,143 1993 4,610 1994 5,620 1995 4,452 1996 4,355 1997 4,823 1998 4,348 1999 5,778 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) The estimated global production figures for coca and cocaine are listed in the following table. The second column is for coca net cultivation in hectares, and the third column represents the cocaine produced in metric tons from the coca production figures. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Coca (net) Cocaine (metric tons) 1990 30,040 837 1991 24,670 889 1992 20,260 916 1993 21,590 941 1994 20,160 877 1995 20,600 869 1996 19,030 843 1997 19,057 844 1998 19,080 824 1999 18,300 765 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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