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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 |
| Ammunition raw
materials |
|
|
|
58,650 |
|
|
|
|
| Antennas (radio
& communications types) |
8 |
34,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
9,828
|
| Artillery guns
all sizes & howitzers |
|
|
127,000 |
4,526 |
|
|
|
|
| Automated teller
machines / components |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Binoculars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
20,215
|
| Cartridges .22
cal through .50 cal |
448,500 |
56,100 |
2,853,500 |
121,593 |
432,500 |
40,188 |
|
100,812
|
| Chemical agent
detection equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemical agent
dispensing equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemical agents
and herbicides |
|
153,100 |
|
263,467 |
|
1,700 |
|
811,550
|
| Communications
equipment and components |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crypto. machines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electronics
components and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
2,290,423 |
|
|
| Grenade launcher
(all models) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,720
|
| Helicopter Supp
Equip Spare Parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Machine gun
spares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Night vision
goggles |
|
14,803 |
|
57,096 |
|
|
|
|
| Night vision
scopes spares & components |
|
510,724 |
|
|
|
|
|
73,700
|
| Pistols and
revolvers |
122 |
29,302 |
673 |
177,288 |
|
|
189
|
90,738
|
| Pistols and
revolvers spare parts |
|
|
|
2,965 |
259 |
124,823 |
|
|
| Position location
reporting system (PLRS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Propellants |
|
29,654 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rifle (non-military,
all types) |
210 |
46,162 |
279 |
37,404 |
|
|
|
|
| Riot control
chemicals (anti-pers.) |
|
|
|
|
|
458,800 |
|
80,000
|
| Satellites equipment
spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
76,500 |
|
|
| Ship components
and spare parts |
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
99,000 |
|
|
| Small arms spare
parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Software XIIIB |
|
3,076,922 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Submachine gun
spares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat VIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat XI |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. XIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
4,151,767 |
|
722,989 |
|
3,091,434 |
|
1,232,563 |
Table 2: 1996-1999
| Commodity |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
Quantity |
License value |
| Ammunition raw
materials |
|
17,042 |
|
|
|
43,097 |
|
|
| Antennas (radio
& communications types) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Artillery guns
all sizes & howitzers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Automated teller
machines / components |
|
|
|
2,279 |
|
|
|
|
| Breathing equip.
(gas masks etc.) |
19 |
1,747 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cartridges .22
cal through .50 cal |
1,908,250 |
159,697 |
10,621,000 |
179,746 |
10,376,500 |
332,459 |
7,823,580 |
298,325 |
| Chemical agent
detection equipment |
|
|
100 |
9,377 |
|
|
|
|
| Chemical agent
dispensing equipment |
|
754,404 |
|
132,105 |
|
68,400 |
|
|
| Chemical agents
and herbicides |
|
45,603 |
|
164,831 |
|
|
|
734,290 |
| Communications
equipment and components |
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
|
848,712 |
|
|
| Crypto. machines |
4 |
13,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electronics
components and spare parts |
|
53,402 |
|
11,388,374 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
139,813 |
| Grenade launcher
(all models) |
|
|
|
|
|
25,500 |
|
|
| Helmets pilot
(all models) |
|
|
1 |
617 |
|
|
|
|
| Machine gun
spares |
|
|
|
|
|
1,159 |
|
|
| Night vision
goggles |
15 |
73,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Night vision
scopes spares & components |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pistols and
revolvers |
1,563 |
325,913 |
310 |
47,430 |
908 |
236,110 |
313 |
89,502 |
| Pistols and
revolvers spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
9,096 |
|
3,660 |
| Position location
reporting system (PLRS) |
|
|
|
15,239 |
|
|
|
|
| Propellants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rifle (non-military,
all types) |
41 |
6,571 |
|
|
70 |
6,141 |
133 |
23,084 |
| Riot control
chemicals (anti-pers.) |
|
|
|
11,602 |
|
|
|
|
| Satellites equipment
spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
238,465 |
| Ship components
and spare parts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Small arms spare
parts (rifle and carbine) |
|
825 |
|
226 |
|
110 |
|
705 |
| Software XIIIB |
|
3,196,922 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Submachine gun
spares |
|
|
|
|
|
3,505 |
|
|
| Technical data
cat VIII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat XI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Technical data
cat. XIII |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
9,148,361 |
|
11,951,826 |
|
3,574,289 |
|
1,527,844 |
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): 77-8.
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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