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Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): The Bahamas


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  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value 
Ammunition raw materials             
4,800
Amplifiers & Amplification Equip            1,848 
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  121,000  74,325        900 
20,219
27,219
Crypto equip components and spare parts             
Crypto machines             
Night Vision Scopes Spares & Components    31,584         
Patrol boat             
Patrol Boat Components and Spare Parts    31,584         
Pistols & Revolvers       34  26,776  50  26,975 
172
121,257
Pistols & Revolvers Spare Parts    290         
Rifle (Non-military, all types)      24  11,394  72  51,151 
104
114,658
Riot control equipment (police type EQ)             
Ship Components & Spare Parts            119,000 
65,000
Software XIIIB             
Speech and voice scramblers             
Technical data cat XIII             
Total    137,783    38,170    199,874 
332,934


Table 2: 1996-1999

Commodity  1996  1997  1998  1999 
Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value 
Ammunition raw materials    23,872        18,800    3,000 
Amplifiers & Amplification Equip                 
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  1,870  1,220  101,870  3,310      54,000  11,745 
Crypto equip components and spare parts    20,000             
Crypto machines  2  5,356             
Night Vision Scopes Spares & Components                 
Patrol boat          2  25,800,000     
Patrol Boat Components and Spare Parts                 
Pistols & Revolvers           1  1,200  24  13,960 
Pistols & Revolvers Spare Parts                 
Rifle (Non-military, all types)      10  5,700      7  3,390 
Riot control equipment (police type EQ)            2,697     
Ship Components & Spare Parts            1,656,074     
Software XIIIB    7,692             
Speech and voice scramblers  2  1,540             
Technical data cat XIII                1,538,461 
Total    59,680    9,010    27,478,771    1,570,556 

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): 8-9.

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: 2002) <http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_2000.pdf>.

Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): The Bahamas

 

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