Environmental Project, 890 – Ozone depleting substances and the greenhouse gases HFCs, PFCs and SF6 – Appendix 3 - Consumption and emissions of ozone-depleting substances in Greenland

Ozone depleting substances and the greenhouse gases HFCs, PFCs and SF₆

Appendix 3

Consumption and emissions of ozone-depleting substances in Greenland

Statistics Denmark registers both imports to Greenland and exports from Denmark to Greenland.

The trends in supply of ODSs (only substances with position numbers in Statistics Denmark's foreign trade information) 1990-2002 are shown in Table 1.

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Based on the statistics available it was not possible to evaluate the consumption of substances other than those shown in the table.

In 2002, Greenland imported 0.4 tonnes CFC-11 from Denmark.

In 2002, imports of 4.6 tonnes HCFC-22 (importer data) and imports of 84 kg 1,1,1-trichloroethane were registered.

From the above data, ODP-weighted consumption in Greenland for 2001 was calculated at 0.66 ODP tonnes. This is a small reduction compared to 2001, when the ODP consumption was 1.1 tonnes ODP.

Imports of HCFC-22 cannot be quantified on the basis of information on foreign trade from Statistics Denmark. The substance group "halogen derivatives of methane, ethane or propane", however, is assumed to contain HFCs and HCFCs and exports from Denmark to Greenland were 11.6 tonnes in 2002. In 2001, exports were 10.1 tonnes, in 2000 they were 0 tonnes, and in 1999 they were 29.3 tonnes.

Another substance group that may also contain HCFCs and HFCs, is the substance group "halogen derivatives only containing derivatives from chlorine and fluorine". Exports to Greenland from this substance group were 8.5 tonnes in 2002.