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last updated:9/26/03

Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): Argentina

Data about DCS licenses do not necessarily refer to final sales; they indicate only that the State Department has granted permission for a possible sale. The State Department estimates that about half of all export licenses it grants result in actual deliveries.1  

Table 1: 2000-2002

Commodity  2000  2001  2002  2003 
  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value 
Agreements, mfg. and tech. assistance             
AIRCRAFT ASW S-2 SPARE PARTS            1,098 
Aircraft attack A-4 series            225,559 
AIRCRAFT ATTACK A-4 SPARE PARTS             
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    1,639,731    239,725    15,746 
9,685
Aircraft spare parts miscellaneous    56,066,998    4,915,339    5,143,472 
3,116,226
Ammunition manufacturing equipment             
35,893
Ammunition raw materials    416,243    895,300    163,960 
679,061
Amplifiers and amplification equipment             
Antennas (radio & communications types)             
Armor plate             
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts    2,688    13,130    40,439 
Armored vehicle spare parts & sup parts  34  3,196,289         
Artillery Fuzes    89,550         
Batteries (all types)             
Bayonets             
Binoculars  2  31,250         
Bomb components and spare parts              
Bomb detection equipment        22,700    24,000 
Breathing equip (gas masks etc.)             
Breathing equipment (Airborne models)             
Carbine (all types)  277  296,355  60  101,190     
80
34,670
Cartridges .22 cal thru .50 cal  69,442,500  3,423,503  52,337,800  2,959,043  55,309,200  3,428,839 
12,034,900
1,921,303
Cartridges 20mm thru 40mm             
Cartridges impulse             
Chemical agent detection equipment             
Chemical agent dispensing equipment             
Chemical agents and herbicides    310,759    236,355    5,038,107 
700,000
Communications equipment & components    13,900        1,025 
175,260
Crypto equip components and spare parts             
Crypto machines             
Electronic equipment (misc.)             
Electronics componenets & spare parts     899,110    125,978    47,253 
13,012
Electronic testing equip
36,000
ENGINE JET J-52 SPARE PARTS        2,015,372    375,000 
58,597
Engine jet T-56 spare parts    47,676         
Engine jet T-64 spare parts             
Engine spare parts and components misc.             
Explosives            2,500 
Fire control system (vehicle mounted)        3,312     
Fire control system parts & components        39,944    5,050 
Flight simulators, all types             
Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Systems
1
770,000
Generators      15  151,647     
Grenade launcher (all models)             
Grenades hand and weapon types             
Gyroscope components and spare parts             
Gyroscopes             
HELICOPTER SPARE PARTS, MISCELLANEOUS            4,442 
Helicopter supp equipment spare parts    1,151,556    64,896    5,028,494 
36,000
Helmets pilot (all models)  11  21,606         
32
29,822
Helmets protective (all models)  44  19,352      28  24,837 
Image intensifiers             
INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (ALL MODELS)          24  2,016,796 
Lasers (all models)             
Machine gun (all types)      6  299,979     
Machine gun spares             
Magnetrons  4  39,756  6  87,240  1  19,445 
Missile spare parts (non-specific type)    18,375         
Navigation systems spares & components             
Night vision goggles        7,480     
Night vision scopes (crew serve weapons)             
Night vision scopes spares and components    68,000    13,764     
Periscope (hand held models)             
Pistols & revolvers
511
21,646
Pistols & revolvers spare parts     101,164    671,375     
37,486
Pistols and revolvers  5,420  2,272,018  3,335  1,689,044  646  392,555 
Propellants    14,110        9,677 
Protective equipment (Suits, gloves, etc.)             
Protective equipment component parts     332    536     
Pyrotechnics        7,160     
Radar systems (ground fixed and portable)  1  915,000         
Radar systems components and spare parts             
Radio set (components and spare parts)    4,198    39,793     
Radio sets (AN/PR C,R,T series)             
Receiver / transmitters (all models)             
Receiver sets (all models)             
Rifle (non-military, all types)  6,835  4,415,955  7,041  4,412,076  1,160  358,209 
627
533,935
Rifle M-16 spare parts and components             
Riot control chemicals (Anti-pers)             
Rockets components and spare parts             
Satellites equipment spare parts    269,108    257,137,000     
15,143
Ship components and spare parts        20,438     
10,910
Small arms spare parts (Rifle & Carbine)    32,259    170  1,000  6,088 
2,661
Software XIIIB             
Sonar systems components & spare parts            1,830 
Speech and voice scramblers             
Submachine gun spares             
Technical data cat II             
Technical data cat IV            50 
100
Technical data cat VI             
Technical data cat. VII            100 
Technical data cat. VIII    200        50 
Technical data cat IX        40     
Technical data cat XI            193,300 
150
Technical data cat. XII             
Technical data cat. XIII             
Technical data cat. XV            75,100 
Technical data cat. XVIII             
Technical data misc.            4,344 
Telephone Equipment        1,000     
Torpedoes             
Training equipment (all types)             
2,105
Training equipment (various types)        95,980    14,820 
Transmitters (all models)             
46,464
Transponders          50  685,667 
Traveling Wave Tubes      1  14,170     
Vehicle military components & spares     250,000         
Total    76,027,041    276,281,176    23,347,852 
7,656,728



Table 1: 1996-1999


Commodity  1996  1997  1998  1999 
  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value  Quantity  Lic. Value 
Agreements, mfg. and tech. assistance  5  25,000,000  5  9,620,000  1  1,295,000     
AIRCRAFT ASW S-2 SPARE PARTS                 
Aircraft attack A-4 series      18  155,663,000         
AIRCRAFT ATTACK A-4 SPARE PARTS    462,096    21,696    17,365,558    4,788 
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    29,126    46,518    11,252,838    105,881 
Aircraft spare parts miscellaneous    33,422,404    1,238,949    10,296,023    2,218,306 
Ammunition manufacturing equipment            7,250     
Ammunition raw materials    1,868,178    984,885  6,000  505,453    512,237 
Amplifiers and amplification equipment        12,026         
Antennas (radio & communications types)  80  37,360  0  0         
Armor plate        20,460         
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts        3,337    161,276    34,105 
Armored vehicle spare parts & sup parts                 
Artillery Fuzes                 
Batteries (all types)            572     
Bayonets  1  33             
Binoculars  4  16,528        7,950     
Bomb components and spare parts                 41,250 
Bomb detection equipment                 
Breathing equip (gas masks etc.)            185     
Breathing equipment (Airborne models)                15,585 
Carbine (all types)      330  349,657  385  304,550     
Cartridges .22 cal thru .50 cal  97,855,942  5,912,991  46,025,425  3,250,509  88,601,460  3,226,088  90,361,300  2,578,438 
Cartridges 20mm thru 40mm      310  11,200         
Cartridges impulse            850     
Chemical agent detection equipment                73,896 
Chemical agent dispensing equipment    232,412    5,051,100    100    34,320 
Chemical agents and herbicides    2,160    189,772    150,071    968,617 
Communications equipment & components    1,266        190,786    110,666 
Crypto equip components and spare parts        8,984,000         
Crypto machines  105  3,426,990    1,777,266         
Electronic equipment (misc.)    1,386,154             
Electronics componenets & spare parts     153,993    5,420,479    155,757,987    24,681,212 
ENGINE JET J-52 SPARE PARTS                 
Engine jet T-56 spare parts            21,164     
Engine jet T-64 spare parts    555             
Engine spare parts and components misc.            92,833     
Explosives        90,189    52,417     
Fire control system (vehicle mounted)                 
Fire control system parts & components          1  94    690,484 
Flight simulators, all types                143,910 
Generators                 
Grenade launcher (all models)                 
Grenades hand and weapon types      60  1,590    500     
Gyroscope components and spare parts    904,412             
Gyroscopes    904,412  4  30,945      5  30,782 
HELICOPTER SPARE PARTS, MISCELLANEOUS                 
Helicopter supp equipment spare parts    34,203      1  82,958    139,670 
Helmets pilot (all models)  1  606  2  2,133  19  11,617  20  19,700 
Helmets protective (all models)          5  6,450  30  24,130 
Image intensifiers          1  38,920     
INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (ALL MODELS)                 
Lasers (all models)      500  90,000         
Machine gun (all types)                 
Machine gun spares            109     
Magnetrons              15  172,540 
Missile spare parts (non-specific type)        2,500         
Navigation systems spares & components                1,423 
Night vision goggles  6  715,378             
Night vision scopes (crew serve weapons)  10  43,740  1  4,629         
Night vision scopes spares and components    15,309    69,800    877,200    9,687 
Periscope (hand held models)            4,092     
Pistols & revolvers spare parts     248,505  10  95,621  2  751,919    542 
Pistols and revolvers  3,853  2,537,123  6,130  2,736,923  9,363  4,986,200  4,477  1,601,768 
Propellants            59,896    315,539 
Protective equipment (Suits, gloves, etc.)        80,063        27,060 
Protective equipment component parts             763,400    2,487 
Pyrotechnics    87,185             
Radar systems (ground fixed and portable)  30  30,800             
Radar systems components and spare parts                 
Radio set (components and spare parts)    19,416             
Radio sets (AN/PR C,R,T series)          10  5,800     
Receiver / transmitters (all models)    112,658        73,245     
Receiver sets (all models)  1  170  1  175         
Rifle (non-military, all types)  8,077  3,500,390  10,024  11,557,409  8,245  2,776,426  3,531  3,129,490 
Rifle M-16 spare parts and components    7        5,140     
Riot control chemicals (Anti-pers)                17,500 
Rockets components and spare parts            48,006    890,032 
Satellites equipment spare parts    27,680    139,138    1,184,564    2,598,456 
Ship components and spare parts                 
Small arms spare parts (Rifle & Carbine)    170,188    379,950    299,986    1,210 
Software XIIIB    31,000    3,824         
Sonar systems components & spare parts                 
Speech and voice scramblers    100,990             
Submachine gun spares    166        150     
Technical data cat II            0    0 
Technical data cat IV    140    20    0    40 
Technical data cat VI    0            0 
Technical data cat. VII        75    0     
Technical data cat. VIII    210        0    100 
Technical data cat IX    0    0        0 
Technical data cat XI    370    500    441,120    200 
Technical data cat. XII            0     
Technical data cat. XIII    0             
Technical data cat. XV    100    0        275,000 
Technical data cat. XVIII    0             
Technical data misc.        0         
Telephone Equipment                 
Torpedoes      2  500,000         
Training equipment (all types)    16,098    2,272    184,886    1,470,526 
Training equipment (various types)            32,922     
Transmitters (all models)  5  21,285             
Transponders                 
Traveling Wave Tubes                 
Vehicle military components & spares         12,487    80,000    3,764 
Total    81,474,787    208,445,097    213,404,551    42,945,341 

 

Sources:

1 United States, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, “Article: Revision of US Arms Exports Data Series,” World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1997 (Washington: ACDA, 1997, revised January 1999) <http://www.acda.gov/wmeat97/commerce.pdf>.

2 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

3 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 97 (Washington: August 1998): 1.

4 United States, Department of State, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 98 (Washington: July 1999): 1-3.

5 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2000) <http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_9_99.pdf>.

6 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2001) http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_2000.pdf>.

7 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2002) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2001/6552001.html#DCS>.

8 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2003) <http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_2002.pdf>.

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