Operation of the estimates system
Receipt of estimates for 1960
World totals of estimates from 1954 to 1960
Pages: 39 to 40
Creation Date: 1960/01/01
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.[1] Extracts from this statement for 1960 follow
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.
Ninety-five countries and 84 non-metropolitan territories are shown in the statement for 1960. At the time when it was drawn up, estimates for 1960 had been received from 90 countries and 71 non-metropolitan territories. In the case of countries and territories for which no estimates have been received, it is the duty of the Supervisory Body, under the 1931 Convention, to establish them itself, and thereby ensure the universal application of the estimates system. The Supervisory Body has accordingly established estimates for 1960 in respect of 5 countries and 13 non-metropolitan territories.
The figures shown in table 1 are for each drug, the sum of the "Total of the Estimates" defined in article 5, paragraph 2, of the 1931 Convention,[2] of all the countries and territories in the world, provided they reached 1 kg in any one of the five years considered. The 1960 figures will be modified by supplementary or amended estimates received up to the end of the year.
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;
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 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| |
Benzylmorphinc
| 60 | 100 | 100 | 138 | 141 | 150 | 86 |
Cocaine
| 4 822 | 3 797 | 3 028 | 2 778 | 2 891 | 2 581 | 2 027 |
Desomorphine
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Diacetylmorphine
| 338 | 259 | 176 | 141 | 123 | 104 | 90 |
Dihydromorphine
| 6 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Ecgonine
| -
| -
| -
| 2 | -
| -
| |
Ecgonine methyl ester
| -
| 1 | -
| 32 | 53 | 110 | 20 |
Hydrocodone
| 1 012 | 949 | 1 318 | 1 459 | 1 587 | 1 568 | 1 493 |
Hydromorphone
| 212 | 201 | 164 | 202 | 236 | 165 | 130 |
Metopon
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Morphine
| 103 235 | 105 589 | 100 594 | 111 237 | 123 135 | 119 385 | 123 510 |
Morphine-N-oxide
| 2 | 1 | 1 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Nicomorphine
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 2 | 13 | 7 |
Normorphine
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 3 | -
|
Oxycodone
| 688 | 577 | 544 | 601 | 770 | 724 | 595 |
Oxymorphone
| -
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
Thebacon
| 209 | 181 | 180 | 183 | 182 | 151 | 154 |
Thebaine
| 3 219 | 3 228 | 3 372 | 4 572 | 4 589 | 3 769 | 3 099 |
Acetyldihydrocodeine
| 49 | 50 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 12 |
Codeine
| 94 940 | 99 065 | 94 225 | 105 639 | 106 609 | 110 853 | 106 621 |
Dihydrocodeine
| 1 159 | 1 483 | 1 806 | 1 816 | 2 621 | 3 720 | 3 213 |
Ethylmorphine
| 9 730 | 9 667 | 9 024 | 10 230 | 9 225 | 10 554 | 8 499 |
Pholcodine
| 1 141 | 1 184 | 1 085 | 1 320 | 1 646 | 1 506 | 1 316 |
Acetylmethadol
| 2 | 1 | 1 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Alphaprodine
| 70 | 90 | 84 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 57 |
Anileridine
| -
| -
| -
| 717 | 886 | 1 078 | 840 |
Betameprodine
| 20 | 3 | 2 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Drug | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg.
| kg
| |
Betaprodine
| 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -
| -
| -
|
Dextromoramide
| -
| -
| -
| 126 | 535 | 759 | 383 |
Diethylthiambutene
| -
| -
| 17 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 12 |
Dimepheptanol
| 6 | 2 | 2 | -
| 1 | -
| -
|
Dimethylthiambutene
| -
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Dioxaphetyl butyrate
| -
| -
| -
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Dipipanone
| 40 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 53 | 108 | 65 |
Ethylmethylthiambutene
| -
| 1 | 1 | 2 | -
| 1 | -
|
Etoxeridine
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 31 | 13 | 6 |
Hydroxypethidine
| 1 | 2 | 2 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Isomethadone
| 66 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 8 |
Ketobemidone
| 235 | 175 | 92 | 85 | 136 | 104 | 64 |
Levomethorphan
| 2 | 2 | 2 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Levomoramide
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 196 | -
|
Levorphanol
| 138 | 170 | 122 | 156 | 92 | 91 | 48 |
Methadone
| 792 | 900 | 691 | 906 | 769 | 852 | 652 |
Normethadone
| -
| 30 | 107 | 198 | 286 | 290 | 408 |
Pethidine
| 19 947 | 17 927 | 16 328 | 17 994 | 17 216 | 18 162 | 16 293 |
Phenadoxone
| 194 | 134 | 105 | 82 | 65 | 40 | 34 |
Phenazocine
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 20 | 65 |
Properidine
| -
| 1 | 65 | 41 | 35 | 27 | 18 |
Racemethorphan
| -
| 2 | 2 | -
| -
| -
| -
|
Racemoramide
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 7 | -
|
Racemorphan
| 85 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -
|
Trimeperidine
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1 150 | 1 200 | 1 400 |
Document E/DSB/17.
2Article 5, paragraph 2, reads in part: