Psychotropic Substances, Statistics for 2011, Assessments of Annual
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Annexes Annexes Anexos Tables of reported statistics The tables in the present section contain the statistical information years 2007-2011 are presented. Tables for substances in Schedule IV on psychotropic substances in Schedules I-IV of the 1971 Convention contain data for the years 2009-2011 only. For technical reasons, furnished to INCB by Governments in accordance with article 16 of substances in Schedule IV were divided into the following five the Convention. As few Governments have reported the movement groups for the presentation of data on manufacture and international of substances listed in Schedule I, a brief statistical table, including trade: statistics on total manufacture of those substances for the three-year period 2009-2011 and on stocks of and international trade in those Group I: Central nervous system stimulants; substances for 2011, is provided. With regard to the statistical tables for substances in Schedules III and IV, it should be noted that, Group II: Anxiolytics, first part: although the majority of countries and territories reported on sub- main benzodiazepines and meprobamate; stances in all schedules, some Governments have not yet extended Group III: Anxiolytics, second part: the control measures of the 1971 Convention to all of the substances less common benzodiazepines; listed in Schedules III and IV. Therefore, for certain substances, the statistical data available to INCB may present only a partial picture Group IV: Benzodiazepines: of the global manufacture of and trade in those substances. sedative-hypnotics and anti-epileptics; With respect to substances in Schedules I and II, Governments Group V: Sedative-hypnotics and barbiturate-type are requested by INCB to report quantities in grams. While the anti-epileptics. gram (g) is the unit of weight used in the statistics on substances in Schedule I, the kilogram (kg) is the unit of weight used for the Amineptine, aminorex, 4-bromo-2,5-dimetoxyphenethylamine statistics on substances in Schedules II, III and IV. If a country has (2C-B), camazepam, ethchlorvynol, ethinamate, etilamfetamine, reported the movement of less than 500 grams of a substance in fencamfamin, lefetamine (SPA), mefenorex, mesocarb, methyprylon, Schedule II, that information has not been included in the statistical phenmetrazine and pyrovalerone were not included in any table since tables. However, such small quantities, as well as fractions of kilo- reports on these substances have been very limited. grams, have been considered when calculating the total manufac- ture, import and export of each substance. Therefore, for substances The following symbols are used in the tables: in Schedule II, the total generally exceeds the sum of the individual quantities expressed in full kilograms. A dash (—) indicates nil or less than 500 grams in the case of substances in Schedule II, III or IV (less than 1 milligram in For substances in Schedule II, the presentation of the statistical the case of substances in Schedule I); data is made substance by substance. For each substance, the first part refers exclusively to data obtained from manufacturing countries. A question mark (?) indicates that a statistical report was not The second and third parts refer to international trade. For substances furnished; in Schedule III, the manufacture of all substances is presented in the first part, while the second and third parts show international Two dots (. .) indicate that a statistical report was furnished trade in all substances. For Schedules II and III, data for the but data are not available for the substance in question. 229.