Disputes - international three sections of the boundary with Ecuador are in dispute

Illicit drugs until recently the world's largest coca leaf producer, Peru has reduced the area of coca under cultivation by 40%, from 115,300 hectares in 1995 to 68,800 hectares at the end of 1997; source of supply for most of the world's cocaine base; most of cocaine base is shipped to Colombian drug dealers for processing into cocaine for the international drug market, but exports of finished cocaine are increasing

NOTE: The information regarding Peru on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Peru Transnational Issues 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Peru Transnational Issues 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.