Table SZR-2. Quantities (kg) of cannabis resin seized, 1995 to 2008

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium		32582	49899	8980	818	3132	176	:	6635	5655	39921	6394	10481	58545	1529
Bulgaria	(8)	:	:	:	0.7	0	514	423	83	385	0.4	0.01	31	6	0
Czech Republic	(1)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	11	65	23	5	0.5	0.4	1
Denmark		:	:	:	:	:	:	1763	2635	3829	1758	1406	1035	:	2914
Germany	(2)	:	:	7328	6110	4885	8525	6863	5003	8303	5473	3638	5606	3678	7632
Estonia		:	:	:	:	:	:	0.2	1	59	84	49	205	155	49
Ireland		:	1933	1248	2157	2511	380	567	3333	5350	3227	4855	6972	1235	:
Greece		230	833	6417	31	56	57	271	201	90	25	10209	73	5	62
Spain		:	247745	315328	428236	431165	474504	514181	564809	777546	794437	669704	459267	653631	682672
France	(3)	39203	35576	51664	52176	64097	48711	58196	:	78348	103705	83471	67892	34183	71076
Italy		:	:	:	15406	46831	20942	17605	28755	25181	15932	23199	19728	20034	34107
Cyprus		33	30	15	1	7	10	1	1	1	53	5	1	0.3	41
Latvia		:	:	:	:	:	:	0.2	0.4	50	0.2	2	0.4	0.3	7
Lithuania		:	:	:	:	:	:	0.3	0.6	263	2	68	106	1	35
Luxembourg		:	14	0.9	2	1	1	4	0.7	5	0.4	5	5	0.5	8
Hungary		:	:	:	:	:	19	0.9	3	2	3	13	3	12	3
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	4	4	10	34	33	20	45	:	:
Netherlands	(4)	:	:	:	:	:	29590	10972	32717	:	ca 16000	5500	4600	9950	:
Austria		:	:	:	:	109	244	138	135	239	427	151	252	164	166
Poland	(9)	:	:	:	:	:	:	13	118	47	41	19	35	33	115
Portugal	(5)	7333	5324	9621	5575	10636	30467	6473	7022	31556	28994	28258	8458	42772	61204
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	39	44	15	11	2115	33
Slovenia	(6)	:	:	:	:	:	:	0.4	0.1	:	8	1	4	1	0
Slovakia	(7)	12	0.4	:	:	0.5	2	0.6	2	0.1	0.96	0.3	0.5	1	0
Finland		:	:	:	:	492	197	567	484	423	467	431	283	360	47
Sweden		495	216	626	391	1117	1182	700	820	883	820	1266	692	1379	1012
United Kingdom	(10)	44607	66934	118854	88522	53045	48366	58999	44160	65379	64920	50395	23850	16626	:
Croatia		:	:	:	:	:	:	5	2	2	6	53	12	4	5
Turkey		:	:	:	:	:	:	268	1212	816	1811	2381	2656	6302	7916
Norway		:	:	:	:	:	:	828	1097	2222	2093	1352	1460	668	1234
Total		124495	408504	520082	599426	618085	663891	678844	699251	1006772	1080309	892865	613765	851862

Notes:

 ca = circa.     

 (1) Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports.     

 (2) In 1995: the number of seizures based on offences; since 1996: the numbers of seizures based on police register.     

 (3) In 2002 and 2003, seizures of cannabis products cannot be broken down by product; 57115 kg of cannabis were seized in 2002 and 82515 kg in 2003.     

 (4) Both 2004 and 2005 data are based on seizures made only by some police forces: they are not comparable between them, nor with previous years.     

 (5) The value for 1995 includes cannabis seeds. Since 2007 quantity of cannabis pollen seized is include in the total quantity of cannabis resin seized (1851.34 kg in 2007 and 58.29 kg in 2008).     

 (6) In 2003, seizures of cannabis resin and herbal cannabis cannot be broken down by product; 220.16 kg of herb and resin were seized in 2003.     

 (7) In 1997 and 1998 less than 0.1 kg were seized.     

 (8) Data refer to seizures made by the Customs and the National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NACOC), separately or in combination with other units within the Ministry of Interior.   

 (9) Up to 2003 the amount of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.      

 (10) Before 2006 data have been reported on a calendar year basis. Since 2006 seizures data will be published on a financial year basis (Data reported for 2006 is for 2006/07, data reported in 2007 is for 2007/08 and so on). There are no customs data for Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2006/07. In 2007 data are for England, Wales and Northern Ireland only (England and Wales reported both police and customs seizures and Northern Ireland only police seizures); no data for Scotland is available.   

Sources:

 Reitox national focal points     

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