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last updated:9/29/03

Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): Guatemala


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 parts misc.        2370700     
Ammunition raw materials    11640    309083    39097 
3,000
Armor Plate            
1,270
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts              
Breathing equipment (gas masks etc.)        75000     
2,000
329,800
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  16423800  1409043  21082400  1395734  40131000  509266 
11,489,000
508,265
Chemical agent dispensing equipment              
Chemical agents and herbicides        227240    13798 
1,682,200
Crypto equip. components and spare parts             
Crypto machines             
Electronics components and spare parts        294687     
Electronic equipment (misc)             
Helicopters unclassifiable      1  950000     
Helmets pilot (all models)             
Night vision goggles             
Pistols and revolvers  1872  705977  768  369401  724  272284 
1,242
513,489
Pistols and revolvers spare parts     5860    8757     
Propellants    2893         
Protective equip. (suits, gloves, etc.)             
Radio set (components and spare parts)             
Receiver / transmitters (all models)             
Rifle (non-military, all types)  3006  434204  3512  368658  3168  361456 
2,320
138,659
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers)            7653 
Ship Components & Spare Parts             
80,000
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)            15265 
72
2,274
Technical data cat VI    100         
Technical data cat. VIII             
Total    2569717    6369260    1218819 
3,258,956


Table 2: 1996-1999


Commodity  1996  1997  1998  1999 
Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value  Quantity  License value 
Aircraft spare parts misc.                 
Ammunition raw materials    127935             
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts                 300000 
Breathing equipment (gas masks etc.)            206500     
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  48460000  2480244  17117000  635886       2,108,000     128952 
Chemical agent dispensing equipment                 27675 
Chemical agents and herbicides            341    108859 
Crypto equip. components and spare parts    500    23750         
Crypto machines  3  22025             
Electronics components and spare parts            23600     
Electronic equipment (misc)                29904 
Helicopters unclassifiable                 
Helmets pilot (all models)              10  8980 
Night vision goggles        5109    88140     
Pistols and revolvers          3  1350  331  213095 
Pistols and revolvers spare parts                 70000 
Propellants                 
Protective equip. (suits, gloves, etc.)    1950             
Radio set (components and spare parts)    97975             
Receiver / transmitters (all models)      1  200000         
Rifle (non-military, all types)  2525  253465  9020  1051223  2200  420674  1675  278360 
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers)                 
Shotgun (all types)      700  154820         
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)    27342    37632    67601    8998 
Technical data cat VI                 
Technical data cat. VIII    100             
Total    3011536    2108420    808206    1174823 


 


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): 42.

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): Guatemala

 

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