6,100 hectares in 1998;
potential production of opium in 1999 - 75 metric tons, a 25%
increase over 1998; potential production of heroin in 1999 - nearly
8 metric tons, as compared with 6 tons in 1998; the world's largest
processor of coca derivatives into cocaine; supplier of about 90% of
the cocaine to the US and the great majority of cocaine to other
international drug markets, and an important supplier of heroin to
the US market; active aerial eradication program

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
illicit producer of cannabis,
mostly for domestic consumption

Costa Rica:
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South
America; illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots;
domestic cocaine consumption is rising, particularly crack cocaine;
those who previously only trafficked are now becoming users

Cote d'Ivoire:
illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local
consumption; transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian
heroin to Europe and occasionally to the US, and for Latin American
cocaine destined for Europe

Croatia:
transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian
heroin to Western Europe; a minor transit point for maritime
shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe

Cuba:
territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone
for cocaine bound for the US and Europe; established the death
penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999

Cyprus:
minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes
and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey;
some cocaine transits as well

Czech Republic:
major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin
and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western
Europe; domestic consumption - especially of locally produced
synthetic drugs - on the rise

Dominica:
transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and
Europe; minor cannabis producer; banking industry is vulnerable to
money laundering

Dominican Republic:
transshipment point for South American drugs
destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for
ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada

Ecuador:
significant transit country for cocaine and derivatives of
coca originating in Colombia and Peru; importer of precursor
chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; important