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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 |
| Aircraft spare
sparts miscellaneous |
|
|
|
292675 |
|
293335 |
|
748,561
|
| Ammunition manufacturing
equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition raw
materials |
|
|
|
681410 |
|
387085 |
|
274,051
|
| Breathing equip
(gas masks, etc.) |
|
|
|
|
25 |
3125 |
|
|
| Carbine (all
types) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cartridges .22
cal through .50 cal |
121000 |
74325 |
4233500 |
1286751 |
2450800 |
617571 |
2,023,200
|
541,960
|
| Cartridges 40
mm thru 75 mm |
|
|
|
|
156000 |
14762 |
|
|
| Chemical agent
dispensing equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemical agents
and herbicides |
|
|
|
154850 |
|
|
|
|
| Crypto machines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electronics
Components & Spare Parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,089,550
|
| Gyroscopes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
20,615
|
| Helicopter supp
equip spare parts |
|
|
|
70850 |
|
3000000 |
|
|
| Night vision
goggles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Night vision
scopes spares & components |
|
31584 |
|
25303 |
|
35680 |
|
|
| Patrol boat
components and spare parts |
|
31584 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pistols and
revolvers |
|
290 |
4768 |
2144732 |
3270 |
1498425 |
3,494
|
945,576
|
| Pistols and
revolvers spare parts |
|
|
|
166492 |
|
126765 |
|
108,224
|
| Propellants |
|
|
|
|
|
91775 |
|
35,685
|
| Protective equip
(suits, gloves, etc.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Radio Set (Components
& Spare Parts) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117,765
|
| Rifle (non-military,
all types) |
|
|
595 |
75779 |
695 |
142413 |
347
|
71,085
|
| Rifle M-16 (all
models) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
6300 |
|
|
| Small arms spare
parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
|
|
|
|
310 |
|
|
| Submachine guns |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. V |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. VI |
|
|
|
1500 |
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. VIII |
|
|
|
|
|
650 |
|
|
| Technical data
misc. |
|
|
|
65331 |
|
|
|
|
| Weapons Spare
Parts & Components |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,900
|
| Total |
|
137783 |
|
4965673 |
|
6218196 |
|
3,954,972
|
Table
2: 1996-1999
| Commodity |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
| Aircraft spare
sparts miscellaneous |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition manufacturing
equipment |
|
17091 |
|
185301 |
|
|
|
|
| Ammunition raw
materials |
|
314918 |
|
820265 |
|
147335 |
|
1608802 |
| Breathing equip
(gas masks, etc.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Carbine (all
types) |
30 |
18300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cartridges .22
cal through .50 cal |
5850000 |
1028202 |
13068000 |
2265727 |
2325500 |
654386 |
6808000 |
1720215 |
| Cartridges 40
mm thru 75 mm |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemical agent
dispensing equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
9662 |
|
|
| Chemical agents
and herbicides |
|
9683 |
|
11857 |
|
25277 |
|
57500 |
| Crypto machines |
3 |
65200 |
|
20400 |
|
|
|
|
| Explosives |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13461 |
| Helicopter supp
equip spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Night vision
goggles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
12499 |
| Night vision
scopes spares & components |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Patrol boat
components and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pistols and
revolvers |
19205 |
5944447 |
11338 |
4342096 |
7943 |
2239185 |
14849 |
4245505 |
| Pistols and
revolvers spare parts |
|
20287 |
|
61471 |
|
261815 |
|
2417 |
| Propellants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23423 |
| Protective equip
(suits, gloves, etc.) |
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
|
| Rifle (non-military,
all types) |
827 |
551781 |
1470 |
467008 |
1979 |
564527 |
1592 |
449105 |
| Rifle M-16 (all
models) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
5350 |
| Small arms spare
parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
8600 |
|
68500 |
|
60000 |
|
|
| Submachine guns |
|
|
|
|
|
|
400 |
136820 |
| Technical data
cat. V |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. VI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. VIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
misc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
7978534 |
|
8243070 |
|
3962187 |
|
8275097 |
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): 29.
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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