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Spain despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime
Suriname growing transshipment point for South American drugs destined for Europe via the Netherlands and Brazil; transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing
Switzerland a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production
Syria a transit point for opiates, hashish, and cocaine bound for regional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controls and bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money laundering
Taiwan regional transit point for heroin, methamphetamine, and precursor chemicals; transshipment point for drugs to Japan; major problem with domestic consumption of methamphetamine and heroin; rising problems with use of ketamine and club drugs
Tajikistan major transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium); significant consumer of opiates
Tanzania targeted by traffickers moving hashish, Afghan heroin, and South American cocaine transported down the East African coastline, through airports, or overland through Central Africa; Zanzibar likely used by traffickers for drug smuggling; traffickers in the past have recruited Tanzanian couriers to move drugs through Iran into East Asia.
Thailand a minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana; transit point for illicit heroin en route to the international drug market from Burma and Laos; eradication efforts have reduced the area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some production to neighboring countries; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by eradication efforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role in methamphetamine production for regional consumption; major consumer of methamphetamine since the 1990s despite a series of government crackdowns
Timor-Leste NA
Togo transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem
Trinidad and Tobago transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; producer of cannabis
Turkey key transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and sea routes; major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls
Turkmenistan transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and Western European markets; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan
Turks and Caicos Islands transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe
Ukraine limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; some synthetic drug production for export to the West; limited government eradication program; used as transshipment point for opiates and other illicit drugs from Africa, Latin America, and Turkey to Europe and Russia; Ukraine has improved anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and Territories List in February 2004; Ukraine's anti-money-laundering regime continues to be monitored by FATF
United Arab Emirates the UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug-producing countries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controls improving, but informal banking remains unregulated
United Kingdom producer of limited amounts of synthetic drugs and synthetic precursor chemicals; major consumer of Southwest Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and synthetic drugs; money-laundering center
United States world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Uruguay small-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcement corruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs
Uzbekistan transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan
Venezuela small-scale illicit producer of opium and coca for the processing of opiates and coca derivatives; however, large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the country from Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-related money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia and on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarily targeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities by Colombian insurgents on border
Vietnam minor producer of opium poppy; probable minor transit point for Southeast Asian heroin; government continues to face domestic opium/heroin/methamphetamine addiction problems despite longstanding crackdowns
World cocaine: worldwide coca leaf cultivation in 2007 amounted to 232,500 hectares; Colombia produced slightly more than two-thirds of the worldwide crop, followed by Peru and Bolivia; potential pure cocaine production decreased 7% to 865 metric tons in 2007; Colombia conducts an aggressive coca eradication campaign, but both Peruvian and Bolivian Governments are hesitant to eradicate coca in key growing areas; 551 metric tons of export-quality cocaine (85% pure) is documented to have been seized or destroyed in 2005; US consumption of export quality cocaine is estimated to have been in excess of 380 metric tons opiates: worldwide illicit opium poppy cultivation continued to increase in 2007, with a potential opium production of 8,400 metric tons, reaching the highest levels recorded since estimates began in mid-1980s; Afghanistan is world's primary opium producer, accounting for 95% of the global supply; Southeast Asia - responsible for 9% of global opium - saw marginal increases in production; Latin America produced 1% of global opium, but most was refined into heroin destined for the US market; if all potential opium was processed into pure heroin, the potential global production would be 1,000 metric tons of heroin in 2007
Zambia transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for southern Africa and possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it an unattractive venue for money launderers; major consumer of cannabis
Zimbabwe transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa
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Field Listing :: Imports
This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Country Comparison to the World Country
Imports
Afghanistan $5.3 billion (2008 est.) $4.5 billion (2007)
Albania $4.337 billion (2010 est.) $4.264 billion (2009 est.)
Algeria $37.07 billion (2010 est.) $39.1 billion (2009 est.)
American Samoa $308.8 million (FY04 est.)
Andorra $1.801 billion (2008) $1.789 billion (2007)
Angola $18.1 billion (2010 est.) $15.74 billion (2009 est.)
Anguilla $143 million (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda $522.8 million (2007 est.)
Argentina $52.61 billion (2010 est.) $37.14 billion (2009 est.)
Armenia $2.988 billion (2010 est.) $2.817 billion (2009 est.)
Aruba $1.054 billion (2006)
Australia $200.4 billion (2010 est.) $160.4 billion (2009 est.)
Austria $156 billion (2010 est.) $138.7 billion (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan $7.035 billion (2010 est.) $6.514 billion (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The $2.401 billion (2006)
Bahrain $12.14 billion (2010 est.) $9.613 billion (2009 est.)
Bangladesh $21.34 billion (2010) $20.3 billion (2009)
Barbados $1.586 billion (2006)
Belarus $29.79 billion (2010 est.) $28.31 billion (2009 est.)
Belgium $281.7 billion (2010 est.) $261.3 billion (2009 est.)
Belize $740 million (2010 est.) $620.5 million (2009 est.)
Benin $1.812 billion (2010 est.) $1.703 billion (2009 est.)
Bermuda $1.162 billion (2006)
Bhutan $533 million (2008) $320 million (2006)
Bolivia $5.006 billion (2010 est.) $4.095 billion (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $9.403 billion (2010 est.) $8.788 billion (2009 est.)
Botswana $4.518 billion (2010 est.) $4.243 billion (2009 est.)
Brazil $187.7 billion (2010 est.) $127.7 billion (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands $187 million f.o.b.
Brunei $2.61 billion (2008 est.) $2.055 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria $22.78 billion (2010 est.) $22.22 billion (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso $1.48 billion (2010 est.) $1.186 billion (2009 est.)
Burma $4.532 billion (2010 est.) $4.02 billion (2009 est.) note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India
Burundi $336 million (2010 est.) $275 million (2009 est.)
Cambodia $6.944 billion (2010 est.) $5.876 billion (2009 est.)
Cameroon $4.869 billion (2010 est.) $4.405 billion (2009 est.)
Canada $406.4 billion (2010 est.) $327.3 billion (2009 est.)
Cape Verde $858 million (2010 est.) $835 million (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands $876.5 million (2008) $866.9 million (2004)
Central African Republic $237.3 million (2007 est.)
Chad $2.631 billion (2010 est.) $2.539 billion (2009 est.)
Chile $54.23 billion (2010 est.) $39.75 billion (2009 est.)
China $1.307 trillion (2010 est.) $954.3 billion (2009 est.)
Christmas Island $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands $NA
Colombia $36.26 billion (2010 est.) $31.48 billion (2009 est.)
Comoros $143 million (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $5.2 billion (2009 est.) $6.7 billion (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $3.607 billion (2010 est.) $3.259 billion (2009 est.)
Cook Islands $81.04 million (2005)
Costa Rica $13.69 billion (2010 est.) $10.87 billion (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $7.015 billion (2010 est.) $6.318 billion (2009 est.)
Croatia $20.93 billion (2010 est.) $21 billion (2009 est.)
Cuba $10.25 billion (2010 est.) $8.91 billion (2009 est.)
Curacao $1.34 billion (2008 est.)
Cyprus $7.962 billion (2010 est.) $7.973 billion (2009 est.)
Czech Republic $109.2 billion (2010 est.) $103.1 billion (2009 est.)
Denmark $90.83 billion (2010 est.) $84.46 billion (2009 est.)
Djibouti $644 million (2009 est.) $1.555 billion (2006)
Dominica $296 million (2006)
Dominican Republic $14.53 billion (2010 est.) $12.28 billion (2009 est.)
Ecuador $17.65 billion (2010 est.) $14.27 billion (2009 est.)
Egypt $46.52 billion (2010 est.) $45.56 billion (2009 est.)
El Salvador $7.98 billion (2010 est.) $7.255 billion (2009)
Equatorial Guinea $5.743 billion (2010 est.) $5.258 billion (2009 est.)
Eritrea $738 million (2010 est.) $682 million (2009 est.)
Estonia $11.52 billion (2010 est.) $9.783 billion (2009 est.)
Ethiopia $7.517 billion (2010 est.) $6.946 billion (2009 est.)
European Union $1.69 trillion (2007) $1.466 trillion (2005) note: external imports, excluding intra-EU trade
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $90 million (2004 est.)
Faroe Islands $983 million (2008) $751 million (2006)
Fiji $3.12 billion (2006)
Finland $69.11 billion (2010 est.) $57.68 billion (2009 est.)
France $577.7 billion (2010 est.) $535.8 billion (2009 est.)
French Polynesia $1.706 billion (2005 est.)
Gabon $2.433 billion (2010 est.) $2.298 billion (2009 est.)
Gambia, The $306 million (2010 est.) $280 million (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip see entry for West Bank
Georgia $4.828 billion (2010 est.) $4.293 billion (2009 est.)
Germany $1.12 trillion (2010 est.) $956.7 billion (2009 est.)
Ghana $10.18 billion (2010 est.) $8.046 billion (2009 est.)
Gibraltar $2.967 billion (2004 est.)
Greece $44.9 billion (2010 est.) $64.2 billion (2009 est.)
Greenland $867 million (2008) $669 million (2007)
Grenada $343 million (2006)
Guam $701 million (2004 est.)
Guatemala $12.65 billion (2010 est.) $11.52 billion (2009)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $1.551 billion (2010 est.) $1.236 billion (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $200 million (2006)
Guyana $1.366 billion (2010 est.) $1.161 billion (2009 est.)
Haiti $2.446 billion (2010 est.) $2.032 billion (2009 est.)
Honduras $8.878 billion (2010 est.) $5.924 billion (2009 est.)
Hong Kong $413 billion (2010 est.) $348.7 billion (2009 est.)
Hungary $87.44 billion (2010 est.) $76.42 billion (2009 est.)
Iceland $3.677 billion (2010 est.) $3.318 billion (2009 est.)
India $327 billion (2010 est.) $274.3 billion (2009 est.)
Indonesia $111.1 billion (2010 est.) $84.35 billion (2009 est.)
Iran $58.97 billion (2010 est.) $58.97 billion (2009 est.)
Iraq $42.56 billion (2010 est.) $50 billion (2008 est.)
Ireland $70.36 billion (2010 est.) $62.22 billion (2009 est.)
Isle of Man $NA
Israel $55.6 billion (2010 est.) $45.99 billion (2009 est.)
Italy $459.7 billion (2010 est.) $403.9 billion (2009 est.)
Jamaica $5.378 billion (2010 est.) $4.581 billion (2009 est.)
Japan $636.8 billion (2010 est.) $501.6 billion (2009 est.)
Jersey $NA
Jordan $12.97 billion (2010 est.) $12.5 billion (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan $30.11 billion (2010 est.) $28.77 billion (2009 est.)
Kenya $10.4 billion (2010 est.) $9.715 billion (2009 est.)
Kiribati $62 million (2004 est.)
Korea, North $3.096 billion (2009) $3.574 billion (2008)
Korea, South $417.9 billion (2010 est.) $317.5 billion (2009 est.)
Kosovo $2.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Kuwait $20.36 billion (2010 est.) $17.08 billion (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $3.075 billion (2010 est.) $2.987 billion (2009 est.)
Laos $1.504 billion (2010 est.) $1.308 billion (2009 est.)
Latvia $9.153 billion (2010 est.) $8.906 billion (2009 est.)
Lebanon $17.97 billion (2010 est.) $15.9 billion (2009 est.)
Lesotho $1.766 billion (2010 est.) $1.572 billion (2009 est.)
Liberia $7.143 billion (2006)
Libya $24.47 billion (2010 est.) $22.01 billion (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein $2.59 billion (2008)
Lithuania $20.34 billion (2010 est.) $17.56 billion (2009 est.)
Luxembourg $23.67 billion (2010 est.) $19.76 billion (2009 est.)
Macau $4.5 billion (2009 est.) $5.4 billion (2008 est.)
Macedonia $5.113 billion (2010 est.) $4.842 billion (2009 est.)
Madagascar $1.958 billion (2010 est.) $1.893 billion (2009 est.)
Malawi $1.675 billion (2010 est.) $1.502 billion (2009 est.)
Malaysia $149.2 billion (2010 est.) $117.3 billion (2009 est.)
Maldives $782 million (2008 est.) $1.221 billion (2008 est.)
Mali $2.358 billion (2006)
Malta $4.074 billion (2010 est.) $3.595 billion (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands $79.4 million (2008 est.) $54.7 million (2000 est.)
Mauritania $1.475 billion (2006)
Mauritius $3.935 billion (2010 est.) $3.499 billion (2009 est.)
Mayotte $341 million (2005)
Mexico $306 billion (2010 est.) $234.4 billion (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of $132.7 million (2004)
Moldova $3.66 billion (2010 est.) $3.276 billion (2009 est.)
Monaco $916.1 million (2005) note: full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France
Mongolia $2.131 billion (2009) $3.224 billion (2008)
Montenegro $601.7 million (2003)
Montserrat $17 million (2001); $17 million
Morocco $34.19 billion (2010 est.) $30.55 billion (2009 est.)
Mozambique $3.527 billion (2010 est.) $3.059 billion (2009 est.)
Namibia $5.152 billion (2010 est.) $4.519 billion (2009 est.)
Nauru $20 million (2004 est.)
Nepal $5.26 billion (2009) $4.1 billion (2008)
Netherlands $408.4 billion (2010 est.) $371.9 billion (2009 est.)
New Caledonia $1.998 billion (2006)
New Zealand $30.24 billion (2010 est.) $23.95 billion (2009 est.)
Nicaragua $4.7 billion (2010 est.) $3.481 billion (2009 est.)
Niger $800 million (2006)
Nigeria $34.18 billion (2010 est.) $29.05 billion (2009 est.)
Niue $9.038 million (2004)
Norfolk Island $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92); $17.9 million
Northern Mariana Islands $214.4 million (2001)
Norway $74.02 billion (2010 est.) $66.68 billion (2009 est.)
Oman $19.3 billion (2010 est.) $16.13 billion (2009 est.)
Pakistan $32.71 billion (2010 est.) $28.53 billion (2009 est.)
Palau $107.3 million (2004 est.)
Panama $16.05 billion (2010 est.) $12.93 billion (2009 est.) note: includes the Colon Free Zone
Papua New Guinea $3.547 billion (2010 est.) $2.871 billion (2009 est.)
Paraguay $9.242 billion (2010 est.) $6.917 billion (2009 est.)
Peru $25.74 billion (2010 est.) $21.01 billion (2009 est.)
Philippines $57.24 billion (2010 est.) $46.39 billion (2009 est.)
Pitcairn Islands $NA
Poland $167.4 billion (2010 est.) $146.4 billion (2009 est.)
Portugal $68.22 billion (2010 est.) $68.9 billion (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico $29.1 billion (2001)
Qatar $23.38 billion (2010 est.) $20.89 billion (2009 est.)
Romania $59.84 billion (2010 est.) $50.03 billion (2009 est.)
Russia $237.3 billion (2010 est.) $191.8 billion (2009 est.)
Rwanda $1.047 billion (2010 est.) $961 million (2009 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha $45 million (2004 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis $383 million (2006)
Saint Lucia $791 million (2006)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $68.2 million (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $578 million (2006)
Samoa $324 million (2006)
San Marino $3.744 billion (2007) $2.035 billion (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe $99 million (2010 est.) $80 million (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia $99.17 billion (2010 est.) $87.1 billion (2009 est.)
Senegal $4.474 billion (2010 est.) $4.549 billion (2009 est.)
Serbia $15.78 billion (2010 est.) $15.03 billion (2009 est.)
Seychelles $831 million (2010 est.) $759.1 million (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone $560 million (2006)
Singapore $315.6 billion (2010 est.) $243.2 billion (2009 est.)
Slovakia $62.43 billion (2010 est.) $53.67 billion (2009 est.)
Slovenia $25.96 billion (2010 est.) $23.5 billion (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands $256 million (2006)
Somalia $798 million (2006)
South Africa $77.04 billion (2010 est.) $66.01 billion (2009 est.)
Spain $324.6 billion (2010 est.) $286.8 billion (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka $11.6 billion (2010 est.) $9.186 billion (2009 est.)
Sudan $8.483 billion (2010 est.) $8.253 billion (2009 est.)
Suriname $1.297 billion (2006 est.)
Svalbard $NA
Swaziland $1.643 billion (2010 est.) $1.585 billion (2009 est.)
Sweden $158.6 billion (2010 est.) $120.5 billion (2009 est.)
Switzerland $220.4 billion (2010 est.) $192.8 billion (2009 est.)
Syria $13.57 billion (2010 est.) $12.62 billion (2009 est.)
Taiwan $250.2 billion (2010 est.) $172.8 billion (2009 est.)
Tajikistan $3.301 billion (2010 est.) $2.77 billion (2009 est.)
Tanzania $6.334 billion (2010 est.) $5.834 billion (2009 est.)
Thailand $156.9 billion (2010 est.) $118 billion (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste $202 million (2004 est.)
Togo $1.337 billion (2010 est.) $1.261 billion (2009 est.)
Tokelau $969,200 (2002)
Tonga $139 million (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago $8.234 billion (2010 est.) $7.161 billion (2009 est.)
Tunisia $20.02 billion (2010 est.) $18.12 billion (2009 est.)
Turkey $166.3 billion (2010 est.) $134.5 billion (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan $4.888 billion (2010 est.) $4.109 billion (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $175.6 million (2000)
Tuvalu $12.91 million (2005)
Uganda $4.474 billion (2010 est.) $3.844 billion (2009 est.)
Ukraine $53.54 billion (2010 est.) $45.05 billion (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates $159 billion (2010 est.) $150 billion (2009 est.)
United Kingdom $546.5 billion (2010 est.) $483.9 billion (2009 est.)
United States $1.903 trillion (2010 est.) $1.575 trillion (2009 est.)
Uruguay $8.519 billion (2010 est.) $6.664 billion (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan $9.44 billion (2010 est.) $9.023 billion (2009 est.)
Vanuatu $156 million (2006)
Venezuela $31.37 billion (2010 est.) $38.44 billion (2009 est.)
Vietnam $81.73 billion (2010 est.) $65.4 billion (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands $4.609 billion (2001)
Wallis and Futuna $61.17 million (2004)
West Bank $3.772 billion (2008) $2.84 billion (2006)
Western Sahara $NA
World $14.68 trillion (2010) $12.19 trillion (2009)
Yemen $8.35 billion (2010 est.) $7.518 billion (2009 est.)
Zambia $4.949 billion (2010 est.) $3.735 billion (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe $2.871 billion (2010 est.) $2.413 billion (2009 est.)
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Field Listing :: Independence