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Countries where Leaded Petrol
is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As at 24th May 2007
Compiled by Elizabeth O’Brien, President, The LEAD
Group Inc.
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Europe, C.I.S.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kazakhstan
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Macedonia, the FYR of
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Montenegro
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Serbia
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Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan
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Uzbekistan
Asia
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Bhutan
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Cambodia
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Indonesia
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Korea, Dem. People’s
Rep of (N. Korea)
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Laos
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Mongolia
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Africa
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Algeria
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Libya
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Morocco
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Tunisia
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Western Sahara
Middle East
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Afghanistan
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Iraq
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Jordan
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Palestine
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Syria
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Yemen
The Americas
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Cuba
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IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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Afghanistan
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Algeria
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Bhutan
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Cambodia
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Cuba
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Indonesia
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Iraq
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Jordan
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Kazakhstan
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Korea, Dem. People’s
Rep of (N. Korea)
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Laos
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Libya
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Macedonia, the FYR of
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Mongolia
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Montenegro
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Morocco
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Myanmar
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Palestine
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Serbia
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Syria
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Tajikistan
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Tunisia
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Turkmenistan
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Uzbekistan
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Western Sahara
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Yemen
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REFERENCES:
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) (2006-7)
Country Population data downloaded from https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xx.html
(Accessed 21st February 2007)
IFQC (International Fuel Quality Center) (2007)
personal communication to The LEAD Group re: phaseout of leaded
petrol in Indonesia in late 2006, by email 7th February 2007.
IFQC (International Fuel Quality Center) (2007)
SPECIAL REPORT: GLOBAL - CURRENT STATUS OF GASOLINE LEAD PHASE-OUT,
May 24, 2007.
PAS (Petroleum Advisory Services) Trade and
Investment Division, Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (2003)
“Pacific Fuel Price Monitor - lists retail prices of all fuel
types sold in Pacific Island States [but does not list any sales of
leaded petrol]” 30th May 2003 http://www.forumsec.org/UserFiles/File/PFPM_Ed_04.pdf
PCFV (Partnership for Cleaner Fuels and
Vehicles (2006) “Status of Leaded Gasoline Phase-out in Middle
East, West Asia & North Africa [Map] July 2006” http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MapMenawaLead-Jul2006.pdf;
“Asia-Pacific Lead Matrix regarding phase-out of leaded gasoline
– Last updated January 18 2006” www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/LeadMatrix-Asia-Pacific.pdf;
“Latin America and The Carribean Lead Matrix regarding phase-out
of leaded gasoline - Last updated July 2006”, http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MatrixLACLeadjul06.pdf;
“Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia Lead Matrix regarding
phase-out of leaded gasoline - Last updated Sept 2006” http://www.unep.org/pcfv/Documents/MatrixCEELeadSept06.pdf
PCFV (2007) Personal communication to the LEAD
Group from the Partnership for Cleaner Fuels & Vehicles (PCFV),
Urban Environment Unit, Division of Environmental Policy
Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), by
email 12th February 2007, confirmed that Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao
People’s Democratic Rep (Laos), Maldives and Moldova are now
unleaded only (for road use) and that it is very probable that
French Guiana, Myanmar (Burma) and Mongolia are also now unleaded
only (for road use).
TLG (The LEAD Group) (2005) “Countries
possibly still to ban leaded petrol as at 20th Oct 2005” http://www.lead.org.au/fs/fst27superseded.html
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Chemicals,
Global Environment Facility (2002) Pacific Islands REGIONAL REPORT:
Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances states:
“leaded petrol was phased out in the US Territories in the early
1980's and from the rest of the independent states during the
1990's", December 2002 http://www.chem.unep.ch/Pts/regreports/PacificIslands.pdf
Superseded versions of this list can be found at:
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As at 8th October 2008
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Countries
where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use As
at 24th May 2007
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Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use, As at 22nd February 2007
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Countries possibly still to ban leaded petrol as at 20th Oct 2005
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