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PRODUCES MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S ANNUAL RAW COCA CROP. SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THE HUALLACA VALLEY ALLOW FOUR HARVESTS PER YEAR OF COCA LEAFIGH ALKALOIDTHE KEY FACTOR IN COCAINE PRODUCTION. ACCORDING TO OUR ESTIMATES,ECTARES OF COCA CULTIVATED IN PERU LAST YEAR COULDETRIC TONS OF COCAINE BASE, WHICH CAN BE CONVERTED INTO AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF COCAINE HCL. WE ESTIMATE PERU'S COCA YIELD1 WILL INCREASE POTENTIAL COCAINE BASE OUTPUT TOETRIC TONS, EVEN AS THE POTENTIAL COCAINE BASE OUTPUT OF BOLIVIA AND COLOMBIA DECLINES SLIGHTLY OR REMAINS
PERU'S COCA PROCESSING INDUSTRY HAS LONG BEEN THE LEAST SOPHISTICATED AND MOST LABOR INTENSIVE OF THE THREE ANDEAN COCAINE PRODUCING COUNTRIES. MORE THANERCENT OF PERU'S CCCA CULTIVATION IS IN THE UPPER HUALLACAEMOTE JUNGLE REGION ON THE EASTERN SLOPES QF THE ANDES WHERENHABITANTS RELY ON THE DRUG TRADE.T
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