DRUG AVAILABILITY
Table 42. Amount of Opium Poppy Cultivated and Eradicated, Calendar Years 1990�2000 (Hectares)
Year
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Afghanistan
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Pakistan
|
Burma
|
Laos
|
Thailand
|
Colombia
|
Guatemala
|
Mexico1
|
Cultivated
|
1990
|
12,370
|
8,405
|
150,100
|
30,580
|
3,435
|
�
|
1,930
|
10,100
|
1991
|
17,190
|
8,645
|
160,000
|
29,625
|
3,000
|
2,316
|
1,721
|
10,130
|
1992
|
19,470
|
9,147
|
154,915
|
25,610
|
3,630
|
32,858
|
1,200
|
10,170
|
1993
|
21,080
|
7,136
|
166,404
|
26,040
|
2,880
|
29,821
|
864
|
11,780
|
1994
|
29,180
|
7,733
|
149,945
|
18,520
|
2,110
|
23,906
|
200
|
12,415
|
1995
|
38,740
|
6,950
|
154,070
|
19,650
|
2,330
|
10,300
|
125
|
13,500
|
1996
|
37,950
|
4,267
|
163,100
|
25,250
|
3,050
|
12,328
|
12
|
13,000
|
1997
|
39,150
|
4,754
|
165,651
|
28,150
|
2,700
|
13,572
|
10
|
12,000
|
1998
|
41,720
|
5,224
|
146,494
|
�
|
2,065
|
�
|
15
|
15,000
|
1999
|
51,500
|
2,767
|
99,300
|
�
|
1,643
|
�
|
1
|
11,500
|
2000
|
64,510
|
2,219
|
108,700
|
�
|
1,647
|
�
|
1
|
9,500
|
Eradicated
|
1990
|
�
|
185
|
�
|
0
|
720
|
�
|
1,085
|
4,650
|
1991
|
�
|
440
|
1,012
|
0
|
1,200
|
1,156
|
576
|
6,545
|
1992
|
�
|
977
|
1,215
|
0
|
1,580
|
12,858
|
470
|
11,583
|
1993
|
�
|
856
|
604
|
0
|
0
|
9,821
|
426
|
13,015
|
1994
|
�
|
463
|
3,345
|
0
|
0
|
3,906
|
150
|
11,036
|
1995
|
�
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
580
|
3,760
|
86
|
15,389
|
1996
|
�
|
867
|
0
|
0
|
880
|
6,028
|
12
|
14,671
|
1997
|
�
|
654
|
10,501
|
0
|
1,050
|
6,972
|
3
|
17,732
|
1998
|
�
|
2,194
|
16,194
|
�
|
715
|
�
|
12
|
17,449
|
1999
|
�
|
1,197
|
9,800
|
�
|
808
|
�
|
1
|
15,469
|
2000
|
�
|
1,704
|
0
|
�
|
757
|
9,254
|
1
|
15,300
|
� Data not available.
1The eradication figures shown for 1992�2000 are derived from data supplied by Mexican authorities to INCSR. The effective eradication figure is an estimate of the actual amount of crop destroyed�factoring in replanting, repeated spraying of one area, and other factors.
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (1988�2001). Data for 1992�2000 are from the March 2001 report.
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