Editing Foreign relations of Peru (section)

==Transnational issues==
===Illicit drugs===
Until recently the world's largest [[coca]] leaf producer, Peru has reduced the area of coca under cultivation from 115,300 ha to
38,700 ha, or 66%, between 1995 and 1999;<ref>{{Cite report |title=Coca cultivation in the Andean Region: A survey of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru |date=2006-06-01 |url=https://www.unodc.org/pdf/andean/Andean_full_report.pdf |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)}}</ref> most of [[cocaine]] base is shipped to neighboring [[Colombia]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Brazil]] for processing into cocaine for the international drug market, but exports of finished cocaine are increasing by maritime conveyance to [[Mexico]], [[United States|US]], and [[Europe]].