In 2009, 45.4 percent of coca was from Peru, 39.3 from Colombia and 15.3 percent from Bolivia.

119,000 metric tons of coca leaf was from Peru, with Colombia producing 103,000 metric tons.

For processed cocaine, Colombia still lead the world in terms of production in 2009 with 410 tons.

Source: AFP, “Peru becomes the world’s leading coca producer: UN,” Google News, June 22, 2010.

The US Department of State reported that in 2009, Bolivia’s cultivation of coca increased by 10 percent over the previous year.

The potential production of cocaine in the country increased to 195 tons, an increase of 50 percent from the 130 tons in 2007.

Source:  AFP, “Mexican drug lords face ‘existential threat,’ US says,” Yahoo News, March 1, 2010.

In 2008, the harvest of illegal coca production in Bolivia was estimated to be 75,000 acres.

The production of illegal coca was up 65 percent from previous years.

Source:  Antonio Regalado, “Bolivia Plants Coca, and Cocaine Follows,” Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2009.

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Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Cocaine in the Americas.

Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

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According to the 2006 United Nations World Drug Report, the market value of coca produced in Bolivia based on farm-gate prices was $180 million in 2005.

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Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “2007 World Drug Report,” June 2007, pg. 223-240.

The Bolivian Government losses an estimated $55 Million a year to gas smuggling.

Source:  Andres Schipani, “Smuggling drains Bolivia of oil riches,” BBC News, March 21, 2008.