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laws;
  weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption
  of cocaine base and synthetic drugs

Uzbekistan
  transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian
  and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit
  cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for
  domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by
  government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin
  precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan

Venezuela
  small-scale illicit producer of opium and coca for the
  processing of opiates and coca derivatives; however, large
  quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana transit the country
  from Colombia bound for US and Europe; significant narcotics-related
  money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia
  and on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarily
  targeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities by
  Colombian insurgents on border

Vietnam
  minor producer of opium poppy; probable minor transit point
  for Southeast Asian heroin; government continues to face domestic
  opium/heroin/methamphetamine addiction problems despite longstanding
  crackdowns

World
  cocaine: worldwide coca leaf cultivation in 2007 amounted to
  232,500 hectares; Colombia produced slightly more than two-thirds of
  the worldwide crop, followed by Peru and Bolivia; potential pure
  cocaine production decreased 7% to 865 metric tons in 2007; Colombia
  conducts aggressive coca eradication campaign, but both Peruvian and
  Bolivian Governments are hesitant to eradicate coca in key growing
  areas; 551 metric tons of export-quality cocaine (85% pure) is
  documented to have been seized or destroyed in 2005; US consumption
  of export quality cocaine is estimated to have been in excess of 380
  metric tons
  opiates: worldwide illicit opium poppy cultivation continued to
  increase in 2007, with a potential opium production of 8,400 metric
  tons, reaching the highest levels recorded since estimates began in
  mid-1980s; Afghanistan is world's primary opium producer, accounting
  for 95% of the global supply; Southeast Asia - responsible for 9% of
  global opium - saw marginal increases in production; Latin America
  produced 1% of global opium, but most was refined into heroin
  destined for the US market; if all potential opium was processed
  into pure heroin, the potential global production would be 1,000
  metric tons of heroin in 2007

Zambia
  transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone,
  small amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for southern Africa and
  possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled
  with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it
  an unattractive venue for money launderers; major consumer of
  cannabis

Zimbabwe
  transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,
  and methamphetamines en route to South Africa

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Afghanistan
  $3.823 billion (2006)

Albania
  $3.999 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Algeria
  $26.25 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

American Samoa
  $308.8 million (FY04 est.)

Andorra
  $1.879 billion (2005)

Angola
  $12.29 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Anguilla
  $143 million (2006)

Antigua and Barbuda
  $522.8 million (2007 est.)

Argentina
  $42.53 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Armenia
  $2.807 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Aruba
  $1.054 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Australia
  $160 billion (2007 est.)

Austria
  $160.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan
  $6.045 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The
  $2.401 billion (2006)

Bahrain
  $10.93 billion (2007 est.)

Bangladesh
  $16.67 billion (2007 est.)

Barbados
  $1.586 billion (2006)

Belarus
  $28.32 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Belgium
  $323.2 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Belize
  $642 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Benin
  $1.085 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Bermuda
  $1.162 billion (2006)

Bhutan
  $320 million c.i.f. (2006)

Bolivia
  $3.249 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  $9.947 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Botswana
  $3.403 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Brazil
  $120.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands
  $187 million (2002 est.)

Brunei
  $2 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Bulgaria
  $28.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso
  $1.296 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Burma
  $2.942 billion f.o.b.
  note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of
  consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from
  Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India (2007 est.)

Burundi
  $272 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cambodia
  $5.424 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cameroon
  $3.714 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Canada
  $386.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cape Verde
  $743.6 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands
  $866.9 million (2004)

Central African Republic
  $237.3 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Chad
  $1.158 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Chile
  $43.99 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

China
  $904.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Christmas Island
  $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  $NA

Colombia
  $31.17 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Comoros
  $143 million f.o.b. (2006)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  $2.263 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Congo, Republic of the
  $2.634 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cook Islands
  $81.04 million (2005)

Costa Rica
  $12.26 billion (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
  $5.932 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Croatia
  $25.99 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cuba
  $10.08 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Cyprus
  $7.84 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Czech Republic
  $116.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Denmark
  $102 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Djibouti
  $1.555 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Dominica
  $296 million f.o.b. (2006)

Dominican Republic
  $13.82 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Ecuador
  $12.76 billion (2007 est.)

Egypt
  $44.95 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

El Salvador
  $8.108 billion (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
  $3.083 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Eritrea
  $573 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Estonia
  $14.75 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Ethiopia
  $5.165 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

European Union
  $1.466 trillion; note - external imports, excluding
  intra-EU trade (2005)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  $90 million (2004 est.)

Faroe Islands
  $751 million c.i.f. (2006)

Fiji
  $3.12 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Finland
  $78.05 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

France
  $600.9 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

French Polynesia
  $1.706 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Gabon
  $2.107 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Gambia, The
  $271 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip
  $2.44 billion c.i.f.; (includes West Bank) (2005)

Georgia
  $4.977 billion (2007 est.)

Germany
  $1.075 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Ghana
  $8.053 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Gibraltar
  $2.967 billion c.i.f. (2004 est.)

Greece
  $80.79 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Greenland
  $712 million c.i.f. (2006)

Grenada
  $343 million (2006)

Guam
  $701 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Guatemala
  $12.62 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Guernsey
  $NA

Guinea
  $1.202 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
  $200 million f.o.b. (2006)

Guyana
  $1.006 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Haiti
  $1.734 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Honduras
  $8.556 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Hong Kong
  $365.6 billion (2007 est.)

Hungary
  $86.88 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Iceland
  $6.181 billion (2007 est.)

India
  $230.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Indonesia
  $84.93 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Iran
  $53.88 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Iraq
  $25.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Ireland
  $84.76 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Isle of Man
  $NA

Israel
  $55.79 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Italy
  $498.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Jamaica
  $5.784 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Japan
  $573.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Jersey
  $NA

Jordan
  $12.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan
  $33.21 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Kenya
  $8.54 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Kiribati
  $62 million c.i.f. (2004 est.)

Korea, North
  $2.879 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Korea, South
  $349.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Kosovo
  $NA

Kuwait
  $20.64 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
  $2.636 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Laos
  $1.378 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Latvia
  $14.82 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Lebanon
  $11.93 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Lesotho
  $1.536 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Liberia
  $7.143 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Libya
  $14.43 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein
  $917.3 million (1996)

Lithuania
  $22.8 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Luxembourg
  $23.13 billion c.i.f. (2007 est.)

Macau
  $4.559 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Macedonia
  $4.977 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Madagascar
  $1.918 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Malawi
  $866 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Malaysia
  $139.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Maldives
  $930 million f.o.b. (2006)

Mali
  $2.358 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Malta
  $4.541 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Marshall Islands
  $54.7 million f.o.b. (2000)

Mauritania
  $1.475 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Mauritius
  $3.656 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Mayotte
  $341 million f.o.b.; note - excludes petroleum imports (2005)

Mexico
  $281.9 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
  $132.7 million f.o.b. (2004)

Moldova
  $3.677 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Monaco
  $916.1 million
  note: full customs integration with France, which collects and
  rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market
  system through customs union with France (2005)

Mongolia
  $2.117 billion c.i.f. (2007)

Montenegro
  $601.7 million (2003)

Montserrat
  $17 million (2001)

Morocco
  $28.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Mozambique
  $2.811 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Namibia
  $3.091 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Nauru
  $20 million c.i.f. (2004 est.)

Nepal
  $2.398 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Netherlands
  $406.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
  $15.74 billion f.o.b. (2006)

New Caledonia
  $1.998 billion f.o.b. (2006)

New Zealand
  $29.06 billion (2007 est.)

Nicaragua
  $4.078 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Niger
  $800 million f.o.b. (2006)

Nigeria
  $38.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Niue
  $9.038 million (2004)

Norfolk Island
  $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)

Northern Mariana Islands
  $214.4 million (2001)

Norway
  $77.24 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Oman
  $11 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Pakistan
  $28.76 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Palau
  $107.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Panama
  $12.62 billion f.o.b.
  note: includes the Colon Free Zone (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea
  $2.629 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Paraguay
  $6.094 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Peru
  $19.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Philippines
  $57.56 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
  $NA

Poland
  $160.2 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Portugal
  $75.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico
  $29.1 billion c.i.f. (2001)

Qatar
  $19.86 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Romania
  $64.54 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Russia
  $223.4 billion (2007 est.)

Rwanda
  $637 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Saint Helena
  $45 million c.i.f. (2004 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  $383 million (2006)

Saint Lucia
  $791 million (2006)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  $68.2 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  $578 million (2006)

Samoa
  $324 million f.o.b. (2006)

San Marino
  $2.035 billion (2004)

Sao Tome and Principe
  $66 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia
  $82.64 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Senegal
  $3.731 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Serbia
  $18.35 billion (2007 est.)

Seychelles
  $823 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone
  $560 million f.o.b. (2006)

Singapore
  $252 billion (2007 est.)

Slovakia
  $58.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Slovenia
  $29.39 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands
  $256 million f.o.b. (2006)

Somalia
  $798 million f.o.b. (2006)

South Africa
  $81.89 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Spain
  $380.2 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka
  $10.36 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Sudan
  $7.722 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Suriname
  $1.297 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Svalbard
  $NA

Swaziland
  $1.914 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Sweden
  $151.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Switzerland
  $187.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Syria
  $10.5 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Taiwan
  $215.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Tajikistan
  $2.762 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Tanzania
  $4.861 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Thailand
  $125.2 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste
  $202 million (2004 est.)

Togo
  $1.201 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Tokelau
  $969,200 c.i.f. (2002)

Tonga
  $139 million f.o.b. (2006)

Trinidad and Tobago
  $7.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Tunisia
  $18.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Turkey
  $162 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan
  $4.516 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
  $175.6 million (2000)

Tuvalu
  $12.91 million c.i.f. (2005)

Uganda
  $2.983 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Ukraine
  $60.41 billion (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates
  $116.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

United Kingdom
  $621.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

United States
  $1.968 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Uruguay
  $5.554 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan
  $4.48 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Vanuatu
  $156 million c.i.f. (2006)

Venezuela
  $45.46 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Vietnam
  $58.92 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands
  $4.609 billion (2001)

Wallis and Futuna
  $61.17 million f.o.b. (2004)

West Bank
  $2.44 billion c.i.f.; (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)

Western Sahara
  $NA

World
  $13.74 trillion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Yemen
  $6.735 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Zambia
  $3.611 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe
  $2.183 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

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Afghanistan
  19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign
  affairs)

Albania
  28 November 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)

Algeria
  5 July 1962 (from France)

American Samoa
  none (territory of the US)

Andorra
  1278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French Count
  of Foix and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel)

Angola
  11 November 1975 (from Portugal)

Anguilla
  none (overseas territory of the UK)

Antigua and Barbuda
  1 November 1981 (from UK)

Argentina
  9 July 1816 (from Spain)

Armenia
  21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Aruba
  none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Australia
  1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)

Austria
  976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156
  (Duchy of Austria founded); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire
  proclaimed); 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)

Azerbaijan
  30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Bahamas, The
  10 July 1973 (from UK)

Bahrain
  15 August 1971 (from UK)

Bangladesh
  16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March
  1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December
  1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation
  of the state of Bangladesh

Barbados
  30 November 1966 (from UK)

Belarus
  25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Belgium
  4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared
  independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I
  ascended to the throne)

Belize
  21 September 1981 (from UK)

Benin
  1 August 1960 (from France)

Bermuda
  none (overseas territory of the UK)

Bhutan
  1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary
  king)

Bolivia
  6 August 1825 (from Spain)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for
  independence completed 1 March 1992; independence declared 3 March
  1992)

Botswana
  30 September 1966 (from UK)

Brazil
  7 September 1822 (from Portugal)

British Virgin Islands
  none (overseas territory of the UK)

Brunei
  1 January 1984 (from UK)

Bulgaria
  3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the
  Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the
  Ottoman Empire)

Burkina Faso
  5 August 1960 (from France)

Burma
  4 January 1948 (from UK)

Burundi
  1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian
  administration)

Cambodia
  9 November 1953 (from France)

Cameroon
  1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

Canada
  1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11
  December 1931 (recognized by UK)

Cape Verde
  5 July 1975 (from Portugal)

Cayman Islands
  none (overseas territory of the UK)

Central African Republic
  13 August 1960 (from France)

Chad
  11 August 1960 (from France)

Chile
  18 September 1810 (from Spain)

China
  221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch'in Dynasty); 1 January
  1912 (Manchu Dynasty replaced by a Republic); 1 October 1949
  (People's Republic established)

Christmas Island
  none (territory of Australia)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  none (territory of Australia)

Colombia
  20 July 1810 (from Spain)

Comoros
  6 July 1975 (from France)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  30 June 1960 (from