Bangladesh Black Market Value: $0.29 Billion ($290 Million)
World Average: $15.54 Billion
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Data on Bangladesh
100,000 people involved in drug trade in Bangladesh
According to the Department of Narcotics Control in Bangladesh, about 100,000 people are involved in the illegal drug trade in Bangladesh, with a majority based out of the capital Dhaka.
Out of the 100,000 people, thirty percent are believed to be women and children.
Source: “Addicts spend Tk 46 crore a day on drugs,” Bangladesh News, June 26, 2008.
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- Tags: Bangladesh | October 12th, 2009
Price of Marijuana in Asia
Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Asia.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Afghanistan | 56 | NA |
| Australia | 6,112.8 | 20.9 |
| Bangladesh | 29.3 | 0.2 |
| China | NA | 0.8 |
| Hong Kong | 1,833.5 | 8.3 |
| India | 85 | NA |
| Indonesia | 244.9 | 0.2 |
| Japan | 16,997.2 | 51 |
| Laos | 14 | NA |
| Malaysia | 423 | NA |
| Myanmar | 130 | 0.2 |
| New Zealand | 6,071.4 | 16.5 |
| Philippines | 475 | 0.5 |
| Singapore | 2,527.7 | 22.2 |
| South Korea | 1,040 | 6.5 |
| Thailand | 217.2 | 1.4 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Marijuana Black Market, New Zealand, Philippines, prices, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand | June 26th, 2009
$180 million music piracy market in Bangladesh
According to Agence France Presse, original music producers account for 5 to 10 percent of sales in the $200 million music market in Bangladesh. The remaining $180 million are sales of pirated copies.
Source: Shafiq Alam, AFP, ” Bangladesh music producers take law into own hands to fight piracy,” Yahoo News, August 17, 2006.
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- Tags: Bangladesh, music piracy | April 27th, 2008
