Coca-leaf harvests in the Andes dropped 5.3% in 2009, thanks in large part to the 16% decline in Colombia. However, the U.N. warns of a growth trend of the crop in Peru.

[EFE]

Coca-leaf harvests in the Andes dropped 5.3% in 2009, thanks in large part to the 16% decline in Colombia. However, the U.N. warns of a growth trend of the crop in Peru.

Crops in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru declined 5.3%.

• 2008 - 167.600 Hectares
• 2009 - 158.800 Hectares

Production (in tons)

• 2008 - 842 Tons
• 2009 - 1.111 Tons

Farmed area

• Colômbia - 43%
• Peru - 38%
• Bolívia - 19%

Colômbia - From 2008 to 2009, the coca harvest fell 16%.

• 2008 - 81,000 Hectares
• 2009 - 68.000 Hectares

Bolívia - From 2008 to 2009, the coca harvest rose 1%.

• 2008 - 30.500 Hectares
• 2009 - 30.900 Hectares

Peru - From 2008 to 2009, the amount of land used for coca crops rose 6.8%.

• 2008 - 56.100 Hectares
• 2009 - 59.000 Hectares

Although Colombia remains the country with the largest amount of land employed for coca crops, ahead of Peru, the latter is now the largest producer in the Andean region.

Cocaine production in the Andean region in 2009 (in tons)

• Colômbia - 103,000 (39%)
• Peru - 119.000 (46%)