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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 |
| Agreements,
mfg. and tech. assistance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition
manufacturing equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition
raw materials |
|
|
|
58,000 |
|
4,649 |
|
13,750
|
| Bomb detection
equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
5,785 |
|
|
| Carbine
(all types) |
14 |
9813 |
|
|
20 |
3,960 |
|
|
| Cartridges
.22 cal through .50 cal |
24786310 |
2399132 |
9,028,000 |
279,481 |
7,992,500 |
322,097 |
5,320,850
|
595,184
|
| Cartridges 105MM through 155MM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,000
|
1,800
|
| Chemical
agent detection equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
650 |
|
|
| Chemical
agents and herbicides |
|
23700 |
|
464,278 |
|
553,430 |
|
577,400
|
| Chemical
agent dispensing equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crypto
equip. components and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crypto
machines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electronics
components and spare parts |
|
4026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Explosives
|
|
3559 |
|
51,000 |
|
|
|
|
| Grenades
hand and weapon types |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Helicopters
unclassifiable |
|
|
|
|
1 |
180,000 |
|
|
| Helicopter
UH-1 series |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Helicopter
supp equip spare parts |
|
|
|
7,350 |
|
|
|
|
| Helmets
protective (all models) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missile
launchers (excluding tow) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2,230 |
|
|
| Night
Vision Goggles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,800
|
| Oxygen
masks (all models) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
754 |
|
|
| Pistols
and revolvers |
5987 |
39730722 |
2,826 |
702,327 |
3,905 |
1,299,730 |
3,777
|
984,774
|
| Pistols
and revolvers spare parts |
|
4780 |
|
187,890 |
|
50,475 |
|
450
|
| Propellants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Protective
equip component parts |
|
|
|
|
|
3,673 |
|
|
| Rifle
(non-military, all types) |
2247 |
696338 |
463 |
292,297 |
671 |
1,580,313 |
718
|
402,327
|
| Ship components
and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
18,000,000 |
|
|
| Small
arms spare parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
54081 |
|
4,520 |
|
|
|
|
| Technical
data cat. XIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical
data cat XI |
|
|
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
| Technical
data misc |
|
|
|
|
|
10,500 |
|
|
| Total |
|
42,926,151 |
|
2,047,143 |
|
22,020,246 |
|
2,583,485
|
Table 2: 1996-1999
| Commodity |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
| Agreements,
mfg. and tech. assistance |
1 |
5,000,000 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition
manufacturing equipment |
|
1,215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition
raw materials |
|
11,268 |
|
73,145 |
|
166626 |
|
40000 |
| Bomb detection
equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Carbine
(all types) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
17256 |
| Cartridges
.22 cal through .50 cal |
9,434,500 |
363,446 |
13,557,000 |
417,100 |
12613000 |
526051 |
37440920 |
615922 |
| Chemical
agent detection equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemical
agents and herbicides |
|
588 |
|
6,250 |
|
|
|
415500 |
| Chemical
agent dispensing equipment |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
219150 |
| Crypto
equip. components and spare parts |
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crypto
machines |
1 |
2,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electronics
components and spare parts |
|
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Explosives
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Grenades
hand and weapon types |
|
|
2000 |
64000 |
|
|
|
|
| Helicopters
unclassifiable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Helicopter
UH-1 series |
1 |
310,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Helicopter
supp equip spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Helmets
protective (all models) |
|
|
5 |
3155 |
|
|
|
|
| Missile
launchers (excluding tow) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oxygen
masks (all models) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pistols
and revolvers |
3,670 |
684,774 |
4131 |
546740 |
4406 |
1012016 |
6479 |
1347237 |
| Pistols
and revolvers spare parts |
|
115,042 |
95 |
85300 |
|
41720 |
|
5276 |
| Propellants |
|
|
|
12000 |
|
|
|
33000 |
| Protective
equip component parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rifle
(non-military, all types) |
330 |
35,110 |
188 |
17483 |
432 |
122296 |
318 |
46990 |
| Ship components
and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Small
arms spare parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
90,000 |
|
25000 |
|
150000 |
|
125000 |
| Technical
data cat. XIII |
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical
data cat XI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical
data misc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
6,614,808 |
|
1,650,173 |
|
2,018,709 |
|
2,865,331 |
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): 22.
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>.
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