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Opium Production Data (S.E. Asia)

Country/Year

Area cultivated

(hectares)

Opium harvest (kg)

Yield

(kg per hectare)

Burma

1969

24,800

183,000

7.4

Thailand

1970

42,000 135,000 14,000 45,000

3.0

Laos

1970

20,000 - 60,000 45,000 -160,000

2.2

2.7

TOTAL (max.)

Estimated Yield

TABLE 5

388,000

(380 tons)