Notes:

Data were not available for the unlisted EU Member States.

(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 is on offences; since 1996, the number of seizures is based on police register.

(3) 2002 and 2003 seizures of cannabis products cannot be broken down by substance; 57794 seizures of all cannabis products were made in 2002 and 67443 in 2003.

(4) Data include number of seizures of herbal cannabis, cannabis resin, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds.

(5) The value for 1995 includes cannabis seeds.

(6) 2003 seizures of resin and herbal cannabis could not be broken down by product; 3421 seizures of both products were made in 2003.

(7) Data are not available before 2000.

(8) 2003 data refer to England, Scotland and Wales only.

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

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

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Source:

Reitox national focal points.