Imports of medicated leaves
to Hamburg from Peru.
1905.
1906.
1907.
Kilos.
618,000
587,400
354,800
*
101
3
*
Probably mainly coca leaves; the figure given for 1906 is quoted in the Hamburg Trade Returns as for coca leaves.
Imports of coca leaves and cocaine are not shown separately in the Trade Returns for most countries, including the United Kingdom, so that it is impossible to arrive in this way at an approximate figure for the production of cocaine. If the exports of coca leaves from Peru may be taken as about 1,000 metric tons per annum and the exports of cocaine from the same country as about 6,000 kilos., then taking the Java output of coca leaves at the figure for 1908, viz. about 1,000,000 lb, the maximum possible production of cocaine per annum
from 18,000 to
(39000 to would be about 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb.); but this fatture is little more than a guess at the actual produc- tion, since a large proportion of the coca leaves which appear in commerce is no doubt used in the preparation of such products as "coca wine", "liquid extract of coca leaves" etc., and is not employed for the production of cocaine.
Distribution of Cocaine.
Figures for imports of cocaine into far Eastern Countries are only available for India and are
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