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
|