NetworkNewsToday: AFGHANISTAN: OPIUM EXPORTS (U.N. DRUG & CRIME OFFICE)

NetworkNewsToday: 19 December 2009 - UNODC: Afghanistan - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the potential export value of Afghanistan's opium has dropped 18 per cent this year, but cautions that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the South Asian nation.

The potential export value of Afghanistans opium has dropped eighteen per cent this year, the United Nations (UN) anti-drug body reported today, but it cautioned that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the South Asian nation.
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the export value of opiates dropped from 3.4 billion dollars in 2008, or one-third of Afghanistans GDP, to 2.8 billion dollars in 2009, equivalent to one-quarter of the GDP.

The Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009 attributed the decline to lower opium cultivation, lower production, lower prices and relatively higher GDP.

The new study found that lower revenues and excess production have dampened supply, with cultivation falling twenty two per cent and production dropping by ten per cent. Also, the number of people involved in opium cultivation has decreased one-third to 1.6 million. ................................................................................­............................... ( UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME: UNODC ) ................................................................................­............................................. ................................................................................­.............................................. NetworkNewsToday:
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