### Question
How is the term major drug producing country defined?


### Answer
The term **major drug producing country** is defined in *19 U.S.C. § 2495* as the following:

> a country that illicitly produces during a fiscal year 5 metric tons or more of opium or opium derivative, 500 metric tons or more of coca, or 500 metric tons or more of marijuana

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 2495*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-TRADE ACT OF 1974 > SUBCHAPTER VII-TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF, AND OTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST, UNCOOPERATIVE MAJOR DRUG PRODUCING OR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES**

