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Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): Cayman Islands


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: 1997-2002


Commodity 
1997 
1998 
1999 
2000 
2001 
2002 
2003
  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value 
Aircraft Spare Parts Misc       2026        1668        390 
2,054
Ammunition raw materials        2026        1668        390 
2,932
Cartridges .22 cal thru. 50 cal  7000  2473  500  140  2000  350  42000  1858  486,500  76,138  210,000  26,305 
76,000
11,964
Chemical agents and herbicides                6398         
Pistols and revolvers  4  4225  2  2989  1  660  1  576  5  4,925  4  9,910 
5
9,149
Rifle (non-military, all types)  1  495          1  499  2  928     
2
1,099
Sattelites equip spare parts             145500             
545,500,000
Vehicle military components and spares        1172                 
Total    7193    6,327    146,510    10,999    81,991    36,605 
545,527,198

 


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): 18.

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): Cayman Islands

 

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