In pursuance of the International Convention of 13 July 1931, the Drug Supervisory Body publishes an annual statement of estimated world requirements of narcotic drugs. This statement also includes estimates for the narcotic drugs brought under international control by virtue of the Protocol of 19 November 1948. Extracts from this statement for 1961 (Document E/DSB/18) follow.
Pages: 42 to 43
Creation Date: 1961/01/01
In pursuance of the International Convention of 13 July 1931, the Drug Supervisory Body publishes an annual statement of estimated world requirements of narcotic drugs. This statement also includes estimates for the narcotic drugs brought under international control by virtue of the Protocol of 19 November 1948. Extracts from this statement for 1961 (Document E/DSB/18) follow.
Operation of the Estimates System
In accordance with the provisions of the 1931 Convention, the estimates accepted by the Supervisory Body are used by the Permanent Central Opium Board in the calculation of manufacture and import limits for each country or territory and for each drug. It is therefore essential that the estimates should reflect requirements as faithfully as possible.
Receipt of Estimates for 1961
One hundred and thirteen countries and 67 non-metropolitan territories are shown in the statement for 1961. At the time when it was drawn up, estimates for 1961 had been received from 106 countries and 65 non-metropolitan territories. Under the 1931 Convention, it is the Supervisory Body's duty itself to establish the estimates of countries and territories for which none have been received, and thereby to ensure the universal application of the estimates system. The Supervisory Body has accordingly established estimates for 1961 in respect of seven countries and two non-metropolitan territories.
World Totals of Estimates from 1955 to 1961
The figures shown in the table on p. 43 are, for each drug, the sum of the " Total of the Estimates " defined in article 5, paragraph 2, of the 1931 Convention, 1of all the countries and territories in the world. The figures for the year 1961 will be modified by the supplementary or amended estimates received up to the end of the year.
1Article 5, paragraph 2, reads in part:
" (a) The quantity necessary for use as such for medical and scientific needs, including the quantity required for the manufacture of preparations for the export of which export authorizations are not required, whether such preparations are intended for domestic consumption or for export;
" (b) The quantity necessary for the purpose of conversion, whether for domestic consumption or for export.
" The total of the estimates for each country or territory shall consist of the sum of the amounts specified under (a) and (b) of this paragraph. With the addition of any amounts which may be necessary to bring the reserve stocks and the government stocks up to the desired level, or after deduction of any amounts by which those stocks may exceed that level."
Drug |
1955
|
1956
|
1957
|
1958
|
1959
|
1960
|
1961
|
Benzylmorphine
|
100 | 100 | 138 | 141 | 150 | 96 | 86 |
Cocaine
|
3,797 | 3,028 | 2,778 | 2,891 | 2,581 | 2,382 | 1,766 |
Desomorphine
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Diacetylmorphine
|
259 | 176 | 141 | 123 | 104 | 85 | 78 |
Dihydromorphine
|
4 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Ecgonine
|
-
|
-
|
2 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ecgonine methyl ester
|
1 |
-
|
32 | 53 | 110 | 132 | 20 |
Hydrocodone
|
949 | 1,318 | 1,459 | 1,587 | 1,567 | 1,658 | 1,488 |
Hydromorphone
|
201 | 164 | 202 | 236 | 164 | 178 | 129 |
Metopon
|
5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Morphine
|
105,589 | 100,594 | 111,237 | 123,135 | 119,385 | 128,460 | 133,773 |
Morphine-N-Oxide
|
1 | 1 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Nicomorphine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
Normorphine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
N-oxycodeine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1 | 2 | 2 |
Oxycodone
|
577 | 544 | 601 | 770 | 723 | 761 | 613 |
Oxymorphone
|
6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 |
Thebacon
|
181 | 180 | 183 | 182 | 151 | 153 | 151 |
Thebaine
|
3,228 | 3,372 | 4,572 | 4,589 | 3,769 | 3,584 | 3,241 |
Acetylmethadol
|
1 | 1 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Alphaprodine
|
90 | 84 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
Anileridine
|
-
|
-
|
717 | 886 | 1,078 | 731 | 831 |
Benzethidine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5 | 2 |
Betameprodine
|
3 | 2 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Betaprodine
|
2 | 10 | 8 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Dextromoramide
|
-
|
-
|
126 | 535 | 759 | 628 | 405 |
Diethylthiambutene
|
-
|
17 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 12 |
Dimepheptanol
|
2 | 2 |
-
|
1 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
Dimethylthiambutene
|
3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
Dioxaphetyl butyrate
|
-
|
-
|
2 | 2 | 2 |
-
|
1 |
Diphenoxylate
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1 | 1 |
Dipipanone
|
5 | 19 | 10 | 53 | 108 | 76 | 74 |
Ethylmethylthiambutene
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
-
|
1 |
-
|
-
|
Etoxeridine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
31 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Furethidine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5 | 2 |
Hydroxypethidine
|
2 | 2 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Isomethadone
|
19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Ketobemidone
|
175 | 92 | 85 | 136 | 104 | 125 | 98 |
Levomethorphan
|
2 | 2 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Levomoramide
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
196 | 326 |
-
|
Levorphanol
|
170 | 122 | 156 | 92 | 91 | 64 | 40 |
Metazocine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
145 |
-
|
Methadone
|
900 | 691 | 906 | 769 | 852 | 821 | 630 |
Normethadone
|
30 | 107 | 198 | 286 | 290 | 457 | 402 |
Pethidine
|
17,927 | 16,328 | 17,994 | 17,216 | 18,162 | 19,134 | 16,500 |
Phenadoxone
|
134 | 105 | 82 | 65 | 40 | 35 | 24 |
Phenazocine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20 | 108 | 29 |
Piminodine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
386 | 300 |
Properidine
|
1 | 65 | 41 | 35 | 27 | 19 | 12 |
Racemethorphan
|
2 | 2 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Racemoramide
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7 | 241 |
Racemorphan
|
5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
-
|
Trimeperidine
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,150 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 902 |
Acetyldihydrocodeine
|
50 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 9 |
Codeine
|
99,065 | 94,225 | 105,639 | 106,609 | 110,853 | 114,478 | 109,068 |
Dihydrocodeine
|
1,483 | 1,806 | 1,816 | 2,621 | 3,720 | 3,396 | 3,097 |
Ethylmorphine
|
9,667 | 9,024 | 10,230 | 9,225 | 10,554 | 9,725 | 8,773 |
Pholcodine
|
1,184 | 1,085 | 1,320 | 1,646 | 1,505 | 1,753 | 1,663 |