Programs > DCS > Venezuela
last updated:10/2/03

Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): Venezuela

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 
Accelerometers            
3
51,600
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    10,000,000    2,630,250    28,400 
8,595
Aircraft fighter F-5 spare parts            6,028,366 
3,235,944
Aircraft fighter F-16 spare parts    2,850,000    3,981,442     
25,000,000
Aircraft fighter F-100 spare parts    7,830         
Aircraft ground support equip            990 
Aircraft spare parts, miscellaneous    41,242,180    41,348,281    4,845,100 
1,707,720
Aircraft Stol OV10A Spare Parts Coin            
5,500
Ammunition raw materials    207,074    93,013    230,606 
12,505
Amplifiers and amplification equip             
Antennas (radio and communications types)            2,704 
Armored Vehicle Spare Parts & Sup Equip            
190,538
Artillery Fuzes            
81,200
Batteries (all types)  525  72,441         
Breathing equip (gas masks etc)          200  518,994 
Carbine (all types)      300  280,587  1  13,196 
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal      15,679,500  1,907,131  21,962,400  1,434,099 
735,000
173,840
Cartridges, explosive             
Cartridges artillery 5 inches and over             
Chemical agent dispensing equip             
Chemical agents and herbicides    345,150    1,506,011    69,672 
929,120
Communications equipment and components    39,245         
Crypto. equip. components and spare parts             
Crypto. machines             
Detonators    13,860      2,880  24,155 
Electronics components and spare parts    12,010,304    5,613,329    2,317,368 
869,036
Electronic equip misc    646,347    4,254    25,800 
Engine diesel (all models)          6  47,100 
Engine jet F-100 spare parts    6,405,457    13,515,020    14,000,000 
Engine jet T-53 spare parts             
Fire Control System Parts & Components            
85,420
Forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems    47,473      2  2,127,266 
Generators            
20
11,200
Grenade launcher (all models)             
Grenades hand and weapon types             
Gyroscopes  64  403,612         
Helicopter Spare Parts, Misc            
8,015
Helicopter support equipment spare parts    5,500    366,792    21,670 
Helicopter unclassifiable             
Helmets pilot (all models)  130  143,856  10  11,342  4  4,099 
IFF system spare parts             
Image intensifiers             
Inertial navigation systems spare parts             
Interrorgator sets (all models)          3  347,340 
Klystrons             
Machine gun spares        71,865     
Magnetrons  4  295,000         
3
25,500
Missile launchers (excluding TOW)             
Missile spare parts (non-specific type)        8,762     
Navigation systems spares and comp.             
Night vision goggles            489,454 
Night vision scopes (crew serve weapons)             
Night vision scopes spares and comp.            1,373,869 
Oscillators            
1
15,700
Patrol boat             
Patrol boat components and spare parts    1,269,767         
Pistols and revolvers      5,745  1,992,042  7,408  1,608,789 
1,409
387,097
Pistols and revolvers spare parts    58,456    211,888    131,950 
56,860
Propellants    18,427    58,623    55,079 
342,320
Protective equip component parts              
Protective equip (suits, gloves, etc)      1  21,006     
Pyrotechnics             
Radar systems components and spare parts            438,452 
Radio set (components and spare parts)            2,980 
Radio sets (AN/AR c,r, t series)             
Receiver/ transmitters (all models)    48,199      16  553,651 
Rifle (non-military, all types)      797  392,063  1,739  482,118 
Rifle M-16 (all models)             
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers.)            21,000 
Riot control equip. (police type eq)             
Rockets components and spare parts        120,564    58,950 
Rocket launcher comp. & spare            6,620 
Ship components and spare parts    4,500    174,945,491     
7,806,604
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)            13,445 
Software XIIIB             
Speech and voice scramblers             
Submachine guns             
Submarine, conventionally powered    2,103         
Tank components & spare parts    1,856    8,762     
1,833,039
Tank (light, medium, heavy) all models             
Technical data cat. I            50 
Technical data cat. II    1,000         
Technical data cat. III             
Technical data cat. IX             
Technical data cat. VI    200    1,500     
Technical data cat. VII             
Technical data cat. VIII    150    200    50 
100
Technical data cat. XI        8,950    350 
120
Technical data cat. XII    1,000,000         
Technical data cat. XIII             
Technical data cat. XVIII             
Technical data misc.             
Telephone equipment (all models)             
Torpedoes spare parts and support equip             
Training equip components and spare parts             
Training equipment (various types)        160,208     
Training equip. (all types)        54,272    25,500 
Transmitters (all models)          1  4,500 
Transponders           3  706,101 
Traveling wave tubes    35,960  7  351,000     
36
165,600
Vehicle military components and spares        3,950     
Weapons spare parts and components        330,098    532,861 
Total    77,175,947    249,998,696    38,592,694 
43,003,173


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  2  335,500,000  4  15,649,800  1  8,000,000     
Aircraft cargo C-130 spare parts    7,750    983,911         
Aircraft fighter F-5 spare parts            2,400,000     
Aircraft fighter F-16 spare parts    3,000            6,500 
Aircraft fighter F-100 spare parts                 
Aircraft ground support equip                 
Aircraft spare parts, miscellaneous    40,000,000    864,800    246,450    7,713,264 
Ammunition manufacturing equip            1,622     
Ammunition raw materials    250,667    289,056    1,112,192    2,069,200 
Amplifiers and amplification equip                71,544 
Antennas (radio and communications types)          3  15,242    3,200 
Armored personnel carriers (misc types)              2  577,943 
Batteries (all types)                 
Breathing equip (gas masks etc)                286,500 
Carbine (all types)  551  410,312      1  1,299     
Cartridges .22 cal through .50 cal  27,866,706  2,943,727  29,642,925  3,631,920  59,384,860  7,324,436  13,571,000  1,772,374 
Cartridges, explosive              1  1,500 
Cartridges artillery 5 inches and over      150  7,952         
Chemical agent dispensing equip        100,000    153,886    15,000 
Chemical agents and herbicides    4,209    887,170    280,314    599,751 
Communications equipment and components    1,314,080        17,047,879    30,487 
Crypto. equip. components and spare parts    1,881,300             
Crypto. machines  1,073  2,440,474             
Detonators                 
Electronics components and spare parts  300  62,023    6,393    1,141,521    975,517 
Electronic equip misc                 
Engine diesel (all models)                 
Engine jet F-100 spare parts            2,650,000     
Engine jet T-53 spare parts    1,125             
Explosives    132,900    13,857        120,000 
Forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems              3  898,830 
Generator parts and components        10,710         
Grenade launcher (all models)            21,800     
Grenades hand and weapon types  21,250  390,000            31,500 
Gyroscopes          1  46,098     
Helicopter 205A-Bell series          10  69,470,900     
Helicopter support equipment spare parts            445,504    124,110 
Helicopter unclassifiable          4  44,998,691  6  39,820,800 
Helmets pilot (all models)                 
IFF system spare parts                111,786 
Image intensifiers  6  50,970  1  10,000         
Inertial navigation systems spare parts        112,904         
Interrorgator sets (all models)              7  699,000 
Klystrons            10,000     
Machine gun spares                360,168 
Magnetrons            14,921     
Missile launchers (excluding TOW)  117  175,383    14,799  100  342,651  178  311,411 
Missile spare parts (non-specific type)                44,990 
Navigation systems spares and comp.        14,455         
Night vision goggles                24,000 
Night vision scopes (crew serve weapons)      1  6,534         
Night vision scopes spares and comp.        6,070        208,700 
Oxygen masks (all models)      3  393         
Patrol boat  10  466,727          20  39,003,000 
Patrol boat components and spare parts                10,500 
Pistols and revolvers  23,913  8,085,472  47,474  16,556,473  89,040  26,587,269  6,935  2,132,105 
Pistols and revolvers spare parts    536,191    494,266    610,926    135,292 
Propellants    40,000        58    302,850 
Protective equip component parts         1,726,143        90,357 
Protective equip (suits, gloves, etc)                 
Pyrotechnics        7,477         
Radar systems components and spare parts                379,634 
Radio set (components and spare parts)    61,632        33,788     
Radio sets (AN/AR c,r, t series)          4  121,948  4  126,840 
Receiver/ transmitters (all models)      4  158,740      6  309,983 
Rifle (non-military, all types)  2,393  1,410,670  2,879  1,185,203  10,928  3,700,168  100  20,500 
Rifle M-16 (all models)          6  9,290     
Riot control chemicals (anti-pers.)        800        142,850 
Riot control equip. (police type eq)        755,508         
Rockets components and spare parts        13,130         
Rocket launcher comp. & spare                 
Ship components and spare parts    315,000,000    315,000,000        30,004,197 
Small arms spare parts (rifle and carbine)    142,310        23,000     
Software XIIIB    500,000             
Speech and voice scramblers  3  3,000             
Submachine guns      2  1,600      27  20,507 
Submarine, conventionally powered                 
Tank components & spare parts                 
Tank (light, medium, heavy) all models              1  140,000 
Technical data cat. I                350 
Technical data cat. II                25 
Technical data cat. III                50 
Technical data cat. IX    0            50 
Technical data cat. VI                1,500 
Technical data cat. VII    0            25 
Technical data cat. VIII    0            990 
Technical data cat. XI    0      1  100    2,300,100 
Technical data cat. XII                200,200 
Technical data cat. XIII    1,600             
Technical data cat. XVIII    0             
Technical data misc.    0            1,500 
Telephone equipment (all models)    3,540             
Torpedoes spare parts and support equip          1  2,500     
Training equip components and spare parts                31,050 
Training equipment (various types)                210,000 
Training equip. (all types)                 
Transmitters (all models)                 
Transponders             408,000  4  257,416 
Traveling wave tubes            124,000  50  213,750 
Vehicle military components and spares    14,846             
Weapons spare parts and components    57,768             
Total    711,891,676    358,510,064    187,346,453    132,913,696 

 

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): 121-3.

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): Venezuela

 

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