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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