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Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): Uruguay


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             
Aircraft ASW S-2 spare parts             
Aircraft attack A-37 spare parts    80,096         
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    1,512,583    1,500,231    2,000,000 
559
Aircraft patrol p-3 spare parts     35,000         
Aircraft trainer T-34 spare parts        2,002     
Aircraft spare parts miscellaneous            1,000,000 
Ammunition raw materials    5,000    40,250     
297,850
Antennas (radio and communications types)             
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts             
Armor plate        6,644     
Armored vests (personnel)      220  171,960     
Bomb components and spare parts        227,125     
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  2,839,000  358,877  7,931,000  365,368  8,029,000  671,428 
1,679,000
49,996
Chemical agents and herbicides    425,465        37,500 
101,825
Chemical agent detection equipment            
41,780
Crypto. machines             
Electronics compnents and spare parts        15,000     
Engine jet T-53 spare parts             
Forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems      2  707,900     
Grenades hand and weapon types             
Helicoptor spare parts, misc.            5,690 
Helicopter supp equip spare parts            12,990 
Helmets pilot (all models)          10  7,980 
Helmets protective (all models)      48  19,026     
Missile launcher spare parts & sup equip            6,296 
Night vision goggles        75,913     
Night vision scopes spares & components     1,900    42,060     
7,450
Pistols and revolvers  258  142,993  1,020  58,490  360  30,500 
14
20,993
Pistols and revolvers spare parts    92        80 
Radar systems components and spare parts        19,546     
Radio set (components and spare parts)            15,000 
Rifle (non-military, all types)  604  343,775  1,164  211,210  332  71,016 
76
89,088
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers.)             
Rocket launcher components and spare            602,289 
Scopes (small arms type)             
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)        11,125     
Technical data cat VII             
Technical data cat. VIII        4,001     
Technical data cat. XV        120,000     
Technical data cat. XVIII             
Weapons spare parts and components             
Total    2,905,781    3,597,851    4,460,769 
618,127

 


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  0  1  1,503,100         
Aircraft ASW S-2 spare parts            14,018     
Aircraft attack A-37 spare parts                 
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    939             
Aircraft patrol p-3 spare parts                  
Aircraft trainer T-34 spare parts                 
Aircraft spare parts miscellaneous            19,444    1,211 
Ammunition raw materials    123,000    216,041    721     
Antennas (radio and communications types)    8,448             
Armored personnel carrier M-113 spare parts            419,906    9,401 
Armor plate                 
Armored vests (personnel)              50  95,000 
Bomb components and spare parts                 
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  27,133,500  1,179,125  42,716,000  1,337,761  11,897,500  510,922  10,041,000  532,934 
Chemical agents and herbicides    8,750    227,252    30,592    434,560 
Computer peripheral equipment (CRTs etc.)    10,500             
Crypto. machines  2  43,600    9,384,285         
Electronics compnents and spare parts                265,182 
Engine jet T-53 spare parts                205,475 
Forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems                 
Grenades hand and weapon types            12,200     
Helicoptor spare parts, misc.                 
Helicopter supp equip spare parts                 
Helmets pilot (all models)  8  4,234             
Helmets protective (all models)                 
Missile launcher spare parts & sup equip                 
Night vision goggles  3  16,167             
Night vision scopes spares & components                  
Pistols and revolvers  12,002  2,551,758  8,583  2,230,983  3,037  326,707  2,016  659,998 
Pistols and revolvers spare parts    8,313    240    59,245    7,325 
Radar systems components and spare parts    17,382             
Radio set (components and spare parts)                 
Rifle (non-military, all types)  6,278  1,059,830  2,834  1,287,005  3,414  1,002,528  2,181  847,295 
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers.)    9,337             
Rocket launcher components and spare                 
Scopes (small arms type)      2  29,186      110  5,099 
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)    60,615    10,000    25,024     
Technical data cat VII                 
Technical data cat. VIII    0             
Technical data cat. XV                 
Technical data cat. XVIII    0             
Weapons spare parts and components                6,789 
Total    5,101,998    16,225,853    2,421,307    3,070,269 

 


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): 119.

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): Uruguay

 

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