Ecuador Black Market Value: $0.072 Billion ($72 Million)
World Average: $15.54 Billion
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Data on Ecuador
Drug seizures in Ecuador in 2009
Filed under: Americas, Global Drug Trade
63 tons of cocaine was seized in Ecuador in 2009, double the amount seized in 2008. In addition, 7 drug processing labs were destroyed in 2009, up from 2 in 2009.
There were also an increase of 15 percent in the number of arrests of drug smuggling “mules”.
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- Tags: cocaine, Ecuador | February 3rd, 2010
Colombian Cocaine transported through Ecuador
Filed under: Americas, Global Drug Trade
Up to one-third of all cocaine produced in Colombia is believed to be trafficked through Ecuador in 2009, four times more than the amount transported earlier.
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- Tags: cocaine, Colombia, Ecuador | February 3rd, 2010
Price of Heroin in the Americas
Prices are in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Heroin in the Americas.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram) |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Argentina | 110,000 | NA |
| Brazil | 50,000 | 50 |
| Canada | 99,389.1 | 335.5 |
| Colombia (No.4) | 9,992 | 20.1 |
| Ecuador | 13,500 | NA |
| Mexico (No.4) | 35,000 | NA |
| United States (No.4) | 71,200 | 131 |
| Venezuela | 9,300 | 11.6 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
