In 2018, the average price of cocaine in the main Colombian cities reached 1,682 U.S. dollars per kilogram, up from 1,508 U.S. dollars per kilogram a year earlier. Meanwhile, cocaine paste was marketed at around 563 U.S. dollars per kilogram in 2018. That year, the land area used for the illicit cultivation of coca in Colombia reached 169 thousand hectares.
Average price of selected illicit drugs in Colombia from 2016 to 2018
(in U.S. dollars per kilogram)
* Average price of cocaine hydrochloride in main Colombian cities.
** Also commonly known as paco, basuco or oxi.
Various sources refers to different sections of the Colombian government which contributed to the study, including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of National Defense, the national police, the Colombian drugs observatory, amongst others.
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