According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, despite concerted efforts at eradication and crop substitution, Afghanistan produced 87% of the world’s opium in 2005 – roughly 4.1 tons – generating $2.7 billion of illegal revenue, which amounts to roughly 52% of the country’s GDP. The 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey, released last November, estimates that the total value of this opium, once turned into heroin and distributed around the world, could reach more than $40 billion.
根据联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室的统计，尽管各方协力消除鸦片以及种植替代作物，阿富汗在2005年生产了全世界87％的鸦片，大约4.1吨，产生27亿美元非法收入，约占该国国民生产总值的52％。于去年十一月发表的2005年度阿富汗鸦片调查报告估计，这些鸦片一旦制成海洛因并销往世界各地，其总价值可以超过400亿美元。