Liechtensteintotal: 380 kmpaved: 380 km (2010)
Lithuaniatotal: 81,030 kmpaved: 71,563 km (includes 309 km of expressways)unpaved: 9,467 km (2008)
Luxembourgtotal: 5,227 kmpaved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2008)
Macautotal: 413 kmpaved: 413 km (2009)
Macedoniatotal: 13,736 km (includes 216 km of expressways) (2009)
Madagascartotal: 65,663 kmpaved: 7,617 kmunpaved: 58,046 km (2003)
Malawitotal: 15,451 kmpaved: 6,956 kmunpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Malaysiatotal: 98,721 kmpaved: 80,280 km (includes 1,821 km of expressways)unpaved: 18,441 km (2004)
Maldivestotal: 88 kmpaved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km onLaamunote: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006)
Malitotal: 18,709 kmpaved: 3,368 kmunpaved: 15,341 km (2004)
Maltatotal: 2,227 kmpaved: 2,014 kmunpaved: 213 km (2005)
Marshall Islandstotal: 2,028 km (includes 75 km of expressways)(2007)
Mauritania total: 11,066 km paved: 2,966 km unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)
Mauritius total: 2,066 km paved: 2,066 km (includes 75 km of expressways) (2009)
Mexicototal: 366,095 kmpaved: 132,289 km (includes 6,279 km of expressways)unpaved: 233,806 km (2008)
Micronesia, Federated States oftotal: 240 kmpaved: 42 kmunpaved: 198 km (2000)
Moldovatotal: 9,343 kmpaved: 8,810 kmunpaved: 533 km (2008)
Monacototal: 50 kmpaved: 50 km (2007)
Mongoliatotal: 49,250 kmpaved: 2,824 kmunpaved: 46,426 km (includes 1,994 km with gravel surface and 1,874km with improved surface) (2009)
Montenegrototal: 7,404 kmpaved: 4,927 kmunpaved: 2,477 km (2008)
Montserratnote: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyedmost of the 227 km road system; a new road infrastructure has beenbuilt in the north end of the island (2008)
Moroccototal: 57,625 kmpaved: 35,664 km (includes 639 km of expressways)unpaved: 21,961 km (2006)
Mozambiquetotal: 30,400 kmpaved: 5,685 kmunpaved: 24,715 km (2000)
Namibiatotal: 64,189 kmpaved: 5,477 kmunpaved: 58,712 km (2010)
Naurutotal: 24 kmpaved: 24 km (2002)
Nepaltotal: 17,282 kmpaved: 10,142 kmunpaved: 7,140 km (2007)
Netherlandstotal: 136,827 km (includes 2,582 km of expressways)(2008)
New Caledoniatotal: 5,622 km (2006)
New Zealandtotal: 93,911 kmpaved: 61,879 km (includes 172 km of expressways)unpaved: 32,032 km (2009)
Nicaraguatotal: 19,137 kmpaved: 2,033 kmunpaved: 17,104 km (2009)
Nigertotal: 18,949 kmpaved: 3,912 kmunpaved: 15,037 km (2008)
Nigeriatotal: 193,200 kmpaved: 28,980 kmunpaved: 164,220 km (2004)
Niuetotal: 120 kmpaved: 120 km (2008)
Norfolk Island total: 80 km paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2008)
Northern Mariana Islandstotal: 536 km (2008)
Norwaytotal: 92,946 kmpaved: 72,033 km (includes 664 km of expressways)unpaved: 20,913 km (2007)
Omantotal: 68,467 kmpaved: 23,223 km (includes 1,384 km of expressways)unpaved: 30,207 km (2008)
Pakistantotal: 259,197 kmpaved: 172,827 km (includes 711 km of expressways)unpaved: 86,370 km (2007)
Panamatotal: 11,978 kmpaved: 4,300 kmunpaved: 7,678 km (2002)
Papua New Guineatotal: 9,349 kmpaved: 3,000 kmunpaved: 6,349 km (2011)
Paraguaytotal: 29,500 kmpaved: 14,986 kmunpaved: 14,514 km (2000)
Perutotal: 102,887 kmnote: includes 23,838 km of national roads, 19,049 km ofdepartmental roads, and 60,000 km of local roads (2007)
Philippinestotal: 201,910 kmpaved: 21,677 kmunpaved: 180,233 km (2008)
Polandtotal: 423,997 kmpaved: 295,356 km (includes 765 km of expressways)unpaved: 128,641 km (2008)
Portugaltotal: 82,900 kmpaved: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways)unpaved: 11,606 km (2008)
Puerto Ricototal: 26,670 kmpaved: 25,337 km (includes 427 km of expressways)unpaved: 1,333 km (2008)
Qatartotal: 7,790 km (2006)
Romaniatotal: 198,817 kmpaved: 60,043 km (includes 281 km of expressways)unpaved: 138,774 km (2008)
Russiatotal: 982,000 kmpaved: 776,000 km (includes 30,000 km of expressways)unpaved: 206,000 kmnote: includes public, local, and departmental roads (2009)
Rwandatotal: 14,008 kmpaved: 2,662 kmunpaved: 11,346 km (2004)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunhatotal: 198 km (SaintHelena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan daCunha 10 km)unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha10 km) (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 383 km paved: 163 km unpaved: 220 km (2002)
Saint Lucia total: 1,210 km (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelontotal: 117 kmpaved: 80 kmunpaved: 37 km (2000)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinestotal: 829 kmpaved: 580 kmunpaved: 249 km (2003)
Samoatotal: 2,337 kmpaved: 332 kmunpaved: 2,005 km (2001)
San Marino total: 292 km paved: 292 km (2006)
Sao Tome and Principetotal: 320 kmpaved: 218 kmunpaved: 102 km (2000)
Saudi Arabiatotal: 221,372 kmpaved: 47,529 km (includes 3,891 km of expressways)unpaved: 173,843 km (2006)
Senegaltotal: 13,576 kmpaved: 3,972 km (includes 7 km of expressways)unpaved: 9,604 km (2003)
Serbiatotal: 36,884 kmpaved: 31,938 kmunpaved: 4,946 km (2007)
Seychellestotal: 458 kmpaved: 440 kmunpaved: 18 km (2003)
Sierra Leonetotal: 11,300 kmpaved: 904 kmunpaved: 10,396 km (2002)
Singapore total: 3,356 km paved: 3,356 km (includes 161 km of expressways) (2009)
Sint Maartentotal: 53 km
Slovakiatotal: 43,761 kmpaved: 38,085 km (includes 384 km of expressways)unpaved: 5,676 km (2008)
Slovenia total: 38,873 km paved: 38,873 km (includes 696 km of expressways) (2008)
Solomon Islands total: 1,360 km paved: 33 km unpaved: 1,327 km note: includes 800 km of private plantation roads (2002)
Somaliatotal: 22,100 kmpaved: 2,608 kmunpaved: 19,492 km (2000)
South Africatotal: 362,099 kmpaved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
Spaintotal: 681,298 kmpaved: 681,298 km (includes 15,152 km of expressways) (2008)
Sri Lankatotal: 91,907 km (2008)
Sudantotal: 11,900 kmpaved: 4,320 kmunpaved: 7,580 km (2000)
Surinametotal: 4,304 kmpaved: 1,130 kmunpaved: 3,174 km (2003)
Swazilandtotal: 3,594 kmpaved: 1,078 kmunpaved: 2,516 km (2002)
Swedentotal: 572,900 km (includes 1,855 km of expressways)note: (includes 98,400 km of state roads, 433,500 km of privateroads, and 41,000 km of muncipal roads; 215,700 km of these are opento public traffic) (2009)
Switzerlandtotal: 71,384 kmpaved: 71,384 km (includes 1,793 of expressways) (2009)
Syriatotal: 97,401 kmpaved: 19,490 km (includes 1,103 km of expressways)unpaved: 77,911 km (2006)
Taiwantotal: 41,279 kmpaved: 40,843 km (includes 976 km of expressways)unpaved: 436 km (2008)
Tajikistantotal: 27,767 km (2000)
Tanzania total: 78,892 km paved: 4,741 km unpaved: 74,151 km (2007)
Thailand total: 180,053 km (includes 450 km of expressways) (2006)
Timor-Lestetotal: 6,040 kmpaved: 2,600 kmunpaved: 3,440 km (2005)
Togototal: 7,520 kmpaved: 2,376 kmunpaved: 5,144 km (2000)
Tongatotal: 680 kmpaved: 184 kmunpaved: 496 km (2000)
Trinidad and Tobagototal: 8,320 kmpaved: 4,252 kmunpaved: 4,068 km (2000)
Tunisiatotal: 19,232 kmpaved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)unpaved: 6,577 km (2006)
Turkeytotal: 352,046 kmpaved: 313,151 km (includes 2,010 km of expressways)unpaved: 38,895 km (2008)
Turkmenistantotal: 58,592 kmpaved: 47,577 kmunpaved: 11,015 km (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islandstotal: 121 kmpaved: 24 kmunpaved: 97 km (2003)
Tuvalutotal: 8 kmpaved: 8 km (2002)
Ugandatotal: 70,746 kmpaved: 16,272 kmunpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
Ukrainetotal: 169,495 kmpaved: 165,820 km (includes 15 km of expressways)unpaved: 3,675 km (2009)
United Arab Emiratestotal: 4,080 kmpaved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
United Kingdomtotal: 394,428 kmpaved: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)
United Statestotal: 6,506,204 kmpaved: 4,374,784 km (includes 75,238 km of expressways)unpaved: 2,131,420 km (2008)
Uruguaytotal: 77,732 kmpaved: 7,743 kmunpaved: 69,989 km (2010)
Uzbekistantotal: 86,496 kmpaved: 75,511 kmunpaved: 10,985 km (2000)
Vanuatutotal: 1,070 kmpaved: 256 kmunpaved: 814 km (1999)
Venezuelatotal: 96,155 kmpaved: 32,308 kmunpaved: 63,847 km (2002)
Vietnamtotal: 171,392 kmpaved: 125,789 kmunpaved: 45,603 km (2008)
Virgin Islandstotal: 1,260 km (2008)
West Bank total: 5,147 km paved: 5,147 km note: includes Gaza Strip (2006)
Worldtotal: 102,260,304 km (2008)
Yementotal: 71,300 kmpaved: 6,200 kmunpaved: 65,100 km (2005)
Zambiatotal: 91,440 kmpaved: 20,117 kmunpaved: 71,323 km (2001)
Zimbabwetotal: 97,267 kmpaved: 18,481 kmunpaved: 78,786 km (2002)
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Field Listing :: Illicit drugs
This entry gives information on the five categories of illicit drugs - narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and cannabis. These categories include many drugs legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally produced and sold outside of medical channels. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides hallucinogens with some sedative properties, and includes marijuana (pot, Acapulco gold, grass, reefer), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, Marinol), hashish (hash), and hashish oil (hash oil). Coca (mostly Erythroxylum coca) is a bush with leaves that contain the stimulant used to make cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with cocoa, which comes from cacao seeds and is used in making chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa butter. Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca bush. Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide (Doriden), and others (Equanil, Placidyl, Valmid). Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral change in an individual. Drug abuse is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment in an individual. Hallucinogens are drugs that affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness, and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid, microdot), mescaline and peyote (mexc, buttons, cactus), amphetamine variants (PMA, STP, DOB), phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, hog), phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others (psilocybin, psilocyn). Hashish is the resinous exudate of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Heroin is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine. Mandrax is a trade name for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical depressant. Marijuana is the dried leaf of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Methaqualone is a pharmaceutical depressant, referred to as mandrax in Southwest Asia and Africa. Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, often induce sleep, and refer to opium, opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural narcotics include opium (paregoric, parepectolin), morphine (MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol with codeine, Empirin with codeine, Robitussin AC), and thebaine. Semisynthetic narcotics include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon, Lomotil). Opium is the brown, gummy exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of the opium poppy. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and semisynthetic narcotics. Poppy straw is the entire cut and dried opium poppy-plant material, other than the seeds. Opium is extracted from poppy straw in commercial operations that produce the drug for medical use. Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of Catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea. Quaaludes is the North American slang term for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical depressant. Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor, Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate). Country
Illicit drugs
Afghanistanworld's largest producer of opium; poppy cultivationdecreased 22% to 157,000 hectares in 2008 but remains at ahistorically high level; less favorable growing conditions in 2008reduced potential opium production to 5,500 metric tons, down 31percent from 2007; if the entire opium crop were processed, 648metric tons of pure heroin potentially could be produced; theTaliban and other antigovernment groups participate in and profitfrom the opiate trade, which is a key source of revenue for theTaliban inside Afghanistan; widespread corruption and instabilityimpede counterdrug efforts; most of the heroin consumed in Europeand Eurasia is derived from Afghan opium; vulnerable to drug moneylaundering through informal financial networks; regional source ofhashish (2008)
Albaniaincreasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asianopiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - toa lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for WesternEurope; limited opium and expanding cannabis production; ethnicAlbanian narcotrafficking organizations active and expanding inEurope; vulnerable to money laundering associated with regionaltrafficking in narcotics, arms, contraband, and illegal aliens
Angolaused as a transshipment point for cocaine destined forWestern Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa
Anguillatransshipment point for South American narcotics destinedfor the US and Europe
Antigua and Barbudaconsidered a minor transshipment point fornarcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as anoffshore financial center
Argentinaa transshipment country for cocaine headed for Europe,heroin headed for the US, and ephedrine and pseudoephedrine headedfor Mexico; some money-laundering activity, especially in theTri-Border Area; law enforcement corruption; a source for precursorchemicals; increasing domestic consumption of drugs in urbancenters, especially cocaine base and synthetic drugs (2008)
Armeniaillicit cultivation of small amount of cannabis for domesticconsumption; minor transit point for illicit drugs - mostly opiumand hashish - moving from Southwest Asia to Russia and to a lesserextent the rest of Europe
Arubatransit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with someaccompanying money-laundering activity; relatively high percentageof population consumes cocaine
AustraliaTasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of licitopiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas ofopium poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate; majorconsumer of cocaine and amphetamines
Austriatransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and SouthAmerican cocaine destined for Western Europe; increasing consumptionof European-produced synthetic drugs
Azerbaijanlimited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy,mostly for CIS consumption; small government eradication program;transit point for Southwest Asian opiates bound for Russia and to alesser extent the rest of Europe
Bahamas, Thetransshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound forUS and Europe; offshore financial center
Bangladeshtransit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboringcountries
Barbadosone of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcoticsbound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center
Belaruslimited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly forthe domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to andvia Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small andlightly regulated financial center; anti-money-launderinglegislation does not meet international standards and was weakenedfurther when know-your-customer requirements were curtailed in 2008;few investigations or prosecutions of money-laundering activities(2008)
Belgiumgrowing producer of synthetic drugs and cannabis; transitpoint for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for SouthAmerican cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine,heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite astrengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable tomoney laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, andtobacco; significant domestic consumption of ecstasy
Belizetransshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producerof cannabis, primarily for local consumption; offshore sectormoney-laundering activity related to narcotics trafficking and othercrimes (2008)
Benintransshipment point used by traffickers for cocaine destinedfor Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorlyenforced financial regulations (2008)
Boliviaworld's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia andPeru) with an estimated 29,500 hectares under cultivation in 2007,increased slightly when compared to 2006; third largest producer ofcocaine, estimated at 120 metric tons potential pure cocaine in2007; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destinedfor Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Europe; cultivationgenerally increasing since 2000, despite eradication and alternativecrop programs; weak border controls; some money-laundering activityrelated to narcotics trade; major cocaine consumption (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovinaincreasingly a transit point for heroin beingtrafficked to Western Europe; minor transit point for marijuana;remains highly vulnerable to money-laundering activity given aprimarily cash-based and unregulated economy, weak law enforcement,and instances of corruption
Brazilsecond-largest consumer of cocaine in the world; illicitproducer of cannabis; trace amounts of coca cultivation in theAmazon region, used for domestic consumption; government has alarge-scale eradication program to control cannabis; importanttransshipment country for Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian cocaineheaded for Europe; also used by traffickers as a way station fornarcotics air transshipments between Peru and Colombia; upsurge indrug-related violence and weapons smuggling; important market forColombian, Bolivian, and Peruvian cocaine; illicit narcoticsproceeds are often laundered through the financial system;significant illicit financial activity in the Tri-Border Area (2008)
British Virgin Islandstransshipment point for South Americannarcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financialcenter makes it vulnerable to money laundering
Bruneidrug trafficking and illegally importing controlledsubstances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatorydeath penalty
Bulgariamajor European transshipment point for Southwest Asianheroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for theEuropean market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; vulnerableto money laundering because of corruption, organized crime; somemoney laundering of drug-related proceeds through financialinstitutions (2008)
Burmaremains world's second largest producer of illicit opium withan estimated production in 2008 of 340 metric tons, an increase of26%, and poppy cultivation in 2008 totaled 22,500 hectares, a 4%increase from 2007; production in the United Wa State Army's areasof greatest control remains low; Shan state is the source of 94% ofBurma's poppy cultivation; lack of government will to take on majornarcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment against moneylaundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug effort; majorsource of methamphetamine and heroin for regional consumption (2008)
Cambodianarcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some inthe government, military, and police; limited methamphetamineproduction; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-basedeconomy and porous borders
Canadaillicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market andexport to US; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plantlarge quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; increasingecstasy production, some of which is destined for the US; vulnerableto narcotics money laundering because of its mature financialservices sector
Cape Verdeused as a transshipment point for Latin American cocainedestined for Western Europe, particularly because of Lusophone linksto Brazil, Portugal, and Guinea-Bissau; has taken steps to deterdrug money laundering, including a 2002 anti-money laundering reformthat criminalizes laundering the proceeds of narcotics traffickingand other crimes and the establishment in 2008 of a FinancialIntelligence Unit (2008)
Cayman Islandsmajor offshore financial center; vulnerable to drugtransshipment to the US and Europe (2008)
Chiletransshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and theregion; some money laundering activity, especially through theIquique Free Trade Zone; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia;domestic cocaine consumption is rising, making Chile a significantconsumer of cocaine (2008)
Chinamajor transshipment point for heroin produced in the GoldenTriangle region of Southeast Asia; growing domestic consumption ofsynthetic drugs, and heroin from Southeast and Southwest Asia;source country for methamphetamine and heroin chemical precursors,despite new regulations on its large chemical industry (2008)
Colombiaillicit producer of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis;world's leading coca cultivator with 167,000 hectares in cocacultivation in 2007, a 6% increase over 2006, producing a potentialof 535 mt of pure cocaine; the world's largest producer of cocaderivatives; supplies cocaine to nearly all of the US market and thegreat majority of other international drug markets; in 2005, aerialeradication dispensed herbicide to treat over 130,000 hectares butaggressive replanting on the part of coca growers means Colombiaremains a key producer; a significant portion of narcotics proceedsare either laundered or invested in Colombia through the blackmarket peso exchange; important supplier of heroin to the US market;opium poppy cultivation is estimated to have fallen 25% between 2006and 2007; most Colombian heroin is destined for the US market (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the one of Africa's biggest producers of cannabis, but mostly for domestic consumption; traffickers exploit lax shipping controls to transit pseudoephedrine through the capital; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leaves the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center (2008)
Costa Ricatransshipment country for cocaine and heroin from SouthAmerica; illicit production of cannabis in remote areas; domesticcocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising;significant consumption of amphetamines; seizures of smuggled cashin Costa Rica and at the main border crossing to enter Costa Ricafrom Nicaragua have risen in recent years (2008)
Cote d'Ivoireillicit producer of cannabis, mostly for localconsumption; utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europereduced by ongoing political instability; while rampant corruptionand inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable tomoney laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limitsthe country's utility as a major money-laundering center (2008)
Croatiatransit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asianheroin to Western Europe; has been used as a transit point formaritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for WesternEurope (2008)
Cubaterritorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zonefor US- and European-bound drugs; established the death penalty forcertain drug-related crimes in 1999 (2008)
Cyprusminor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes andcontainer traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey;some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening ofanti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to moneylaundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sectorremains weak (2008)
Czech Republictransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin andminor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe;producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets;susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking,organized crime; significant consumer of ecstasy (2008)
Dominicatransshipment point for narcotics bound for the US andEurope; minor cannabis producer (2008)
Dominican Republictransshipment point for South American drugsdestined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point forecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada;substantial money laundering activity in particular by Colombiannarcotics traffickers; significant amphetamine consumption (2008)
Ecuadorsignificant transit country for cocaine originating inColombia and Peru, with much of the US-bound cocaine passing throughEcuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used inproduction of illicit narcotics; attractive location forcash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because ofdollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime; increasedactivity on the northern frontier by trafficking groups andColombian insurgents (2008)
Egypttransit point for cannabis, heroin, and opium moving toEurope, Israel, and North Africa; transit stop for Nigerian drugcouriers; concern as money laundering site due to lax enforcement offinancial regulations
El Salvadortransshipment point for cocaine; small amounts ofmarijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine
Estoniagrowing producer of synthetic drugs; increasingly importanttransshipment zone for cannabis, cocaine, opiates, and syntheticdrugs since joining the European Union and the Schengen Accord;potential money laundering related to organized crime and drugtrafficking is a concern, as is possible use of the gambling sectorto launder funds; major use of opiates and ecstasy
Ethiopiatransit hub for heroin originating in Southwest andSoutheast Asia and destined for Europe, as well as cocaine destinedfor markets in southern Africa; cultivates qat (khat) for local useand regional export, principally to Djibouti and Somalia (legal inall three countries); the lack of a well-developed financial systemlimits the country's utility as a money laundering center
Francemetropolitan France: transshipment point for South Americancocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European syntheticsFrench Guiana: small amount of marijuana grown for localconsumption; minor transshipment point to EuropeMartinique: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound forthe US and Europe
Georgialimited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly fordomestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates viaCentral Asia to Western Europe and Russia
Germanysource of precursor chemicals for South American cocaineprocessors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asianheroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced syntheticdrugs; major financial center
Ghanaillicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade;major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to alesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and theUS; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of awell developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utilityas a money laundering center; significant domestic cocaine andcannabis use
Greecea gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis andheroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West andprecursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocainetransits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drugtrafficking and organized crime
Grenadasmall-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment pointfor marijuana and cocaine to US
Guatemalamajor transit country for cocaine and heroin; in 2005,cultivated 100 hectares of opium poppy after reemerging as apotential source of opium in 2004; potential production of less than1 metric ton of pure heroin; marijuana cultivation for mostlydomestic consumption; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a majorstaging area for drugs (particularly for cocaine); money launderingis a serious problem; corruption is a major problem
Guinea-Bissauincreasingly important transit country for SouthAmerican cocaine enroute to Europe; enabling environment fortrafficker operations thanks to pervasive corruption;archipelago-like geography around the capital facilitates drugsmuggling
Guyanatransshipment point for narcotics from South America -primarily Venezuela - to Europe and the US; producer of cannabis;rising money laundering related to drug trafficking and humansmuggling
HaitiCaribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the USand Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombiannarcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financialtransactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis
Hondurastransshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicitproducer of cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principallyfor local consumption; corruption is a major problem; somemoney-laundering activity
Hong Kongdespite strenuous law enforcement efforts, faces difficultchallenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine toregional and world markets; modern banking system provides conduitfor money laundering; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs,especially among young people
Hungarytransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabisand for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limitedproducer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine andmethamphetamine; efforts to counter money laundering, related toorganized crime and drug trafficking are improving but remainvulnerable; significant consumer of ecstasy
Indiaworld's largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceuticaltrade, but an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicitinternational drug markets; transit point for illicit narcoticsproduced in neighboring countries and throughout Southwest Asia;illicit producer of methaqualone; vulnerable to narcotics moneylaundering through the hawala system; licit ketamine and precursorproduction
Indonesiaillicit producer of cannabis largely for domestic use;producer of methamphetamine and ecstasy
Irandespite substantial interdiction efforts and considerablecontrol measures along the border with Afghanistan, Iran remains oneof the primary transshipment routes for Southwest Asian heroin toEurope; suffers one of the highest opiate addiction rates in theworld, and has an increasing problem with synthetic drugs; lacksanti-money laundering laws; has reached out to neighboring countriesto share counter-drug intelligence
Irelandtransshipment point for and consumer of hashish from NorthAfrica to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced syntheticdrugs; increasing consumption of South American cocaine; minortransshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for WesternEurope; despite recent legislation, narcotics-related moneylaundering - using bureaux de change, trusts, and shell companiesinvolving the offshore financial community - remains a concern
Israelincreasingly concerned about ecstasy, cocaine, and heroinabuse; drugs arrive in country from Lebanon and, increasingly, fromJordan; money-laundering center
Italyimportant gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaineand Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; moneylaundering by organized crime and from smuggling
Jamaicatransshipment point for cocaine from South America to NorthAmerica and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis;government has an active manual cannabis eradication program;corruption is a major concern; substantial money-launderingactivity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicitfinancial transactions
Kazakhstansignificant illicit cultivation of cannabis for CISmarkets, as well as limited cultivation of opium poppy and ephedra(for the drug ephedrine); limited government eradication of illicitcrops; transit point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russiaand the rest of Europe; significant consumer of opiates
Kenyawidespread harvesting of small plots of marijuana; transitcountry for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and NorthAmerica; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa;significant potential for money-laundering activity given thecountry's status as a regional financial center; massive corruption,and relatively high levels of narcotics-associated activities
Korea, Northfor years, from the 1970s into the 2000s, citizens ofthe Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea (DPRK), many ofthem diplomatic employees of the government, were apprehended abroadwhile trafficking in narcotics, including two in Turkey in December2004; police investigations in Taiwan and Japan in recent years havelinked North Korea to large illicit shipments of heroin andmethamphetamine, including an attempt by the North Korean merchantship Pong Su to deliver 150 kg of heroin to Australia in April 2003
Kyrgyzstanlimited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppyfor CIS markets; limited government eradication of illicit crops;transit point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russia and therest of Europe; major consumer of opiates
Laosestimated opium poppy cultivation in 2008 was 1,900 hectares,about a 73% increase from 2007; estimated potential opium productionin 2008 more than tripled to 17 metric tons; unsubstantiated reportsof domestic methamphetamine production; growing domesticmethamphetamine problem (2007)
Latviatransshipment and destination point for cocaine, syntheticdrugs, opiates, and cannabis from Southwest Asia, Western Europe,Latin America, and neighboring Balkan countries; despite improvedlegislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascentenforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation ofoffshore companies and the gaming industry; CIS organized crime(including counterfeiting, corruption, extortion, stolen cars, andprostitution) accounts for most laundered proceeds
Lebanoncannabis cultivation dramatically reduced to 2,500 hectaresin 2002 despite continued significant cannabis consumption; opiumpoppy cultivation minimal; small amounts of Latin American cocaineand Southwest Asian heroin transit country on way to Europeanmarkets and for Middle Eastern consumption; money laundering of drugproceeds fuels concern that extremists are benefiting from drugtrafficking
Liberiatransshipment point for Southeast and Southwest Asian heroinand South American cocaine for the European and US markets;corruption, criminal activity, arms-dealing, and diamond tradeprovide significant potential for money laundering, but the lack ofwell-developed financial system limits the country's utility as amajor money-laundering center
Liechtensteinhas strengthened money laundering controls, but moneylaundering remains a concern due to Liechtenstein's sophisticatedoffshore financial services sector
Lithuaniatransshipment and destination point for cannabis, cocaine,ecstasy, and opiates from Southwest Asia, Latin America, WesternEurope, and neighboring Baltic countries; growing production ofhigh-quality amphetamines, but limited production of cannabis,methamphetamines; susceptible to money laundering despite changes tobanking legislation
Macautransshipment point for drugs going into mainland China;consumer of opiates and amphetamines
Macedoniamajor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin andhashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined forEurope; although not a financial center and most criminal activityis thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to amostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement
Madagascarillicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wildvarieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment pointfor heroin
Malaysiadrug trafficking prosecuted vigorously and carries severepenalties; heroin still primary drug of abuse, but synthetic drugdemand remains strong; continued ecstasy and methamphetamineproducer for domestic users and, to a lesser extent, the regionaldrug market
Maltaminor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa toWestern Europe
Mauritiusconsumer and transshipment point for heroin from SouthAsia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally;significant offshore financial industry creates potential for moneylaundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and thegovernment appears generally to be committed to regulating itsbanking industry
Mexicomajor drug-producing nation; cultivation of opium poppy in2007 rose to 6,900 hectares yielding a potential production of 18metric tons of pure heroin, or 50 metric tons of "black tar" heroin,the dominant form of Mexican heroin in the western United States;marijuana cultivation increased to 8,900 hectares in 2007 andyielded a potential production of 15,800 metric tons; governmentconducts the largest independent illicit-crop eradication program inthe world; continues as the primary transshipment country forUS-bound cocaine from South America, with an estimated 90% of annualcocaine movements toward the US stopping in Mexico; major drugsyndicates control the majority of drug trafficking throughout thecountry; producer and distributor of ecstasy; significantmoney-laundering center; major supplier of heroin and largestforeign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market(2007)
Micronesia, Federated States ofmajor consumer of cannabis
Moldovalimited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly forCIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs fromSouthwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, andpossibly the US; widespread crime and underground economic activity
Montserrattransshipment point for South American narcotics destinedfor the US and Europe
Moroccoone of the world's largest producers of illicit hashish;shipments of hashish mostly directed to Western Europe; transitpoint for cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe;significant consumer of cannabis
Mozambiquesouthern African transit point for South Asian hashishand heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for theEuropean and South African markets; producer of cannabis (for localconsumption) and methaqualone (for export to South Africa);corruption and poor regulatory capability makes the banking systemvulnerable to money laundering, but the lack of a well-developedfinancial infrastructure limits the country's utility as amoney-laundering center
Nepalillicit producer of cannabis and hashish for the domestic andinternational drug markets; transit point for opiates from SoutheastAsia to the West
Netherlandsmajor European producer of synthetic drugs, includingecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine,heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-boundecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering;significant consumer of ecstasy
New Zealandsignificant consumer of amphetamines
Nicaraguatransshipment point for cocaine destined for the US andtransshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing
Nigeriaa transit point for heroin and cocaine intended forEuropean, East Asian, and North American markets; consumer ofamphetamines; safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers operatingworldwide; major money-laundering center; massive corruption andcriminal activity; Nigeria has improved some anti-money-launderingcontrols, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action TaskForce's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and Territories List inJune 2006; Nigeria's anti-money-laundering regime continues to bemonitored by FATF
Pakistansignificant transit area for Afghan drugs, includingheroin, opium, morphine, and hashish, bound for Iran, Westernmarkets, the Gulf States, Africa, and Asia; financial crimes relatedto drug trafficking, terrorism, corruption, and smuggling remainproblems; opium poppy cultivation estimated to be 2,300 hectares in2007 with 600 of those hectares eradicated; federal and provincialauthorities continue to conduct anti-poppy campaigns that utilizesforced eradication, fines, and arrests
Panamamajor cocaine transshipment point and primarymoney-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-launderingactivity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshorefinancial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoringof financial transactions is improving; official corruption remainsa major problem
Papua New Guineamajor consumer of cannabis
Paraguaymajor illicit producer of cannabis, most or all of which isconsumed in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile; transshipment country forAndean cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, andEurope; weak border controls, extensive corruption andmoney-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weakanti-money-laundering laws and enforcement
Peruuntil 1996 the world's largest coca leaf producer, Peru is nowthe world's second largest producer of coca leaf, though it lags farbehind Colombia; cultivation of coca in Peru declined to 36,000hectares in 2007; second largest producer of cocaine, estimated at210 metric tons of potential pure cocaine in 2007; finished cocaineis shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market;increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are beingmoved to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia for use in theSouthern Cone or transshipment to Europe and Africa; increasingdomestic drug consumption
Philippinesdomestic methamphetamine production has been a growingproblem in recent years despite government crackdowns; majorconsumer of amphetamines; longstanding marijuana producer mainly inrural areas where Manila's control is limited
Polanddespite diligent counternarcotics measures and internationalinformation sharing on cross-border crimes, a major illicit producerof synthetic drugs for the international market; minor transshipmentpoint for Southwest Asian heroin and Latin American cocaine toWestern Europe
Portugalseizing record amounts of Latin American cocaine destinedfor Europe; a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin;transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe;consumer of Southwest Asian heroin
Romaniamajor transshipment point for Southwest Asian herointransiting the Balkan route and small amounts of Latin Americancocaine bound for Western Europe; although not a significantfinancial center, role as a narcotics conduit leaves it vulnerableto laundering, which occurs via the banking system, currencyexchange houses, and casinos
Russialimited cultivation of illicit cannabis and opium poppy andproducer of methamphetamine, mostly for domestic consumption;government has active illicit crop eradication program; used astransshipment point for Asian opiates, cannabis, and Latin Americancocaine bound for growing domestic markets, to a lesser extentWestern and Central Europe, and occasionally to the US; major sourceof heroin precursor chemicals; corruption and organized crime arekey concerns; major consumer of opiates
Saint Kitts and Nevistransshipment point for South American drugsdestined for the US and Europe; some money-laundering activity
Saint Luciatransit point for South American drugs destined for theUS and Europe
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinestransshipment point for SouthAmerican drugs destined for the US and Europe; small-scale cannabiscultivation
Saudi Arabiadeath penalty for traffickers; improvinganti-money-laundering legislation and enforcement
Senegaltransshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroinand South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America;illicit cultivator of cannabis
Serbiatransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin moving toWestern Europe on the Balkan route; economy vulnerable to moneylaundering
Singaporedrug abuse limited because of aggressive law enforcementefforts; as a transportation and financial services hub, Singaporeis vulnerable, despite strict laws and enforcement, as a venue formoney laundering
Slovakiatransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound forWestern Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for regional market;consumer of ecstasy
Sloveniaminor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroinbound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals
South Africatransshipment center for heroin, hashish, and cocaine,as well as a major cultivator of marijuana in its own right; cocaineand heroin consumption on the rise; world's largest market forillicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India throughvarious east African countries, but increasingly producing its ownsynthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive venue for moneylaunderers given the increasing level of organized criminal andnarcotics activity in the region and the size of the South Africaneconomy
Spaindespite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, LatinAmerican, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage ofSpain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine andhashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for LatinAmerican cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minortransshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-launderingsite for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organizedcrime
Surinamegrowing transshipment point for South American drugsdestined for Europe via the Netherlands and Brazil; transshipmentpoint for arms-for-drugs dealing
Switzerlanda major international financial center vulnerable to thelayering and integration stages of money laundering; despitesignificant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rulespersist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business throughoffshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country forand consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, andWestern European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation andlimited ecstasy production
Syriaa transit point for opiates, hashish, and cocaine bound forregional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controlsand bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money laundering
Taiwanregional transit point for heroin, methamphetamine, andprecursor chemicals; transshipment point for drugs to Japan; majorproblem with domestic consumption of methamphetamine and heroin;rising problems with use of ketamine and club drugs
Tajikistanmajor transit country for Afghan narcotics bound forRussian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limitedillicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption;Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asiaand stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and rawopium); significant consumer of opiates
Tanzaniatargeted by traffickers moving hashish, Afghan heroin, andSouth American cocaine transported down the East African coastline,through airports, or overland through Central Africa; Zanzibarlikely used by traffickers for drug smuggling; traffickers in thepast have recruited Tanzanian couriers to move drugs through Iraninto East Asia.
Thailanda minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana; transitpoint for illicit heroin en route to the international drug marketfrom Burma and Laos; eradication efforts have reduced the area ofcannabis cultivation and shifted some production to neighboringcountries; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by eradicationefforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role inmethamphetamine production for regional consumption; major consumerof methamphetamine since the 1990s despite a series of governmentcrackdowns
Timor-LesteNA
Togotransit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; moneylaundering not a significant problem
Trinidad and Tobagotransshipment point for South American drugsdestined for the US and Europe; producer of cannabis
Turkeykey transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to WesternEurope and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and searoutes; major Turkish and other international traffickingorganizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convertimported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkeyand near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areasof legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy strawconcentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls
Turkmenistantransit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russianand Western European markets; transit point for heroin precursorchemicals bound for Afghanistan
Turks and Caicos Islandstransshipment point for South Americannarcotics destined for the US and Europe
Ukrainelimited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly forCIS consumption; some synthetic drug production for export to theWest; limited government eradication program; used as transshipmentpoint for opiates and other illicit drugs from Africa, LatinAmerica, and Turkey to Europe and Russia; Ukraine has improvedanti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from theFinancial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries andTerritories List in February 2004; Ukraine's anti-money-launderingregime continues to be monitored by FATF
United Arab Emiratesthe UAE is a drug transshipment point fortraffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug-producingcountries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes itvulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controlsimproving, but informal banking remains unregulated
United Kingdomproducer of limited amounts of synthetic drugs andsynthetic precursor chemicals; major consumer of Southwest Asianheroin, Latin American cocaine, and synthetic drugs;money-laundering center
United Statesworld's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped fromColombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, andMexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexicanmethamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asianheroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants,stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-launderingcenter
Uruguaysmall-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound forEurope, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcementcorruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws;weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumptionof cocaine base and synthetic drugs
Uzbekistantransit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russianand, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicitcultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy fordomestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out bygovernment crop eradication program; transit point for heroinprecursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan
Venezuelasmall-scale illicit producer of opium and coca for theprocessing of opiates and coca derivatives; however, largequantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the countryfrom Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-relatedmoney-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombiaand on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarilytargeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities byColombian insurgents on border
Vietnamminor producer of opium poppy; probable minor transit pointfor Southeast Asian heroin; government continues to face domesticopium/heroin/methamphetamine addiction problems despite longstandingcrackdowns
Worldcocaine: worldwide coca leaf cultivation in 2007 amounted to232,500 hectares; Colombia produced slightly more than two-thirds ofthe worldwide crop, followed by Peru and Bolivia; potential purecocaine production decreased 7% to 865 metric tons in 2007; Colombiaconducts an aggressive coca eradication campaign, but both Peruvianand Bolivian Governments are hesitant to eradicate coca in keygrowing areas; 551 metric tons of export-quality cocaine (85% pure)is documented to have been seized or destroyed in 2005; USconsumption of export quality cocaine is estimated to have been inexcess of 380 metric tonsopiates: worldwide illicit opium poppy cultivation continued toincrease in 2007, with a potential opium production of 8,400 metrictons, reaching the highest levels recorded since estimates began inmid-1980s; Afghanistan is world's primary opium producer, accountingfor 95% of the global supply; Southeast Asia - responsible for 9% ofglobal opium - saw marginal increases in production; Latin Americaproduced 1% of global opium, but most was refined into heroindestined for the US market; if all potential opium was processedinto pure heroin, the potential global production would be 1,000metric tons of heroin in 2007
Zambiatransshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone,small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for southern Africa andpossibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupledwith a government commitment to combating money laundering make itan unattractive venue for money launderers; major consumer ofcannabis
Zimbabwetransit 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.)