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Weekly Report - 03 July 2014 (WR-14-26)

Peru close to returning unwanted tag to Colombia

Peru will retain the dubious distinction of being the world’s largest coca-producing nation for another year. A total of 48,000 hectares (ha) were given over to coca cultivation in Colombia in 2013, according to the annual country report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This is unchanged on 2012. By contrast, the UNODC revealed that coca cultivation in Peru fell by a significant 17.5% from 60,400 ha to 49,800 ha in 2013 (not quite enough to put Colombia back top of the pile) as the efforts of the government of President Ollanta Humala to eradicate illegal coca reaped dividends.

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