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Bermuda


Overview
An overseas territory of the United Kingdom, Bermuda purchases small amounts of weapons and equipment from U.S. corporations. These purchases are licensed by the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) program. Licenses in recent years have included small arms and ammunition, cryptographic machines and night-vision equipment. 
Snapshot
Population: 62,472 (1999)
Land area: 19 sq. mi.
GDP p/c: $30,000 (1997)
Security forces: Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary; Defense is the responsibility of the UK

 


Sales
Program 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 actual 2001 actual 2002 estimate 2003 estimate
Direct Commercial Sales
Sales from U.S. companies licensed by the U.S. government
$1,071,319 (Licenses) $68,217 (Licenses) $49,545 (Licenses) $95,717 (Licenses)        
$10,000 (Deliveries as of September 1996) $0
(Deliveries as of September 1997)
$113,953 (Deliveries as of September 1998) $0
(Deliveries as of September 1999)
$0
(Deliveries as of September 2000)
$0
(Deliveries as of January 2002)
$4,000 (Expected deliveries) $4,000 (Expected deliveries)

Sources:

Source for "snapshot":

United States, Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 1999, (Washington: Central Intelligence Agency: 1999) <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/bd.html>.

 

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