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Excess Defense Articles: Panama

The State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations reported that transfer of grant Excess Defense Articles to Panama "will bolster Panama's capabilities to provide security for the Canal, secure its maritime borders, and deal with possible spillover from Colombia's civil war. With the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Panama, the Panamanian Government has assumed full responsibility for its own national security. Panama's Public Forces (Panama abolished its armed forces in 1990) currently lack adequate equipment maintenance, basic communications gear, and transportation resources."1

Adds the February 2005 request for 2006, "Transfer of grant EDA to Panama will bolster Panama’s capabilities to provide security for the Canal, secure its maritime borders against international criminal smuggling activities, and deal with possible spillover from Colombia’s civil war." [2]

2004 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

2004: 7
(all amounts in dollars)

Description
No. Offered
No. Accepted
Offered Value
Delivered Value
Original
Current
Original
Current
Harbor utility craft (S-P) 1
1
 683,000 68,300 683,000 68,300
USCOGC Tender (IRIS) 1 750,000 75,000
0
0
Total 1,433,000 143,000
683,000
68,300

2002: 6
(all amounts in dollars)

Description
No. Offered
No. Accepted
Offered Value
Delivered Value
Original
Current
Original
Current
ALE (CONTROLLER) RF-7210 1 $15,467 $3,093
AMPLIFIER AM-7223 2 $11,344 $2,269
RADIO RT-1446 2 $20,209 $4,042
Total $47,020 $9,404

2001: 3
(all amounts in dollars)

Description
No. Offered
No. Accepted
Offered Value
Delivered Value
Original
Current
Original
Current
WLB-309 Balsam Class Bouy Tender (Sweetgum) 1 0 15,000,000 6,000,000 0 0
Total   15,000,000 6,000,000 0 0

2000: 4
(all amounts in dollars)

Description No. Offered No. Accepted Offered Value Delivered Value
Original Current Original Current

   82' Patrol Boat    (Point Hannon)

 1 0 575,000 230,000 0 0

   82' Patrol Boat    (Point Winslow)

 1 1 575,000 230,000 575,000 230,000
Total 1,150,000 460,000 575,000 230,000

1999: 5
(all amounts in dollars)

Description No. Offered No. Accepted Offered Value Delivered Value
Original Current Original Current
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 0 0 1,923,975 577,193 1,894,552 568,366
CLOTHING 0 0 420,201 126,060 347,380 104,214
FURNITURE 0 0 542,006 162,602 86,350 25,905
APPLIANCES 0 0 256,450 76,935 0 0
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND SUPPLIES 0 0 250,126 75,038 0 0
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SUPPLIES 0 0 401,425 120,428 0 0
PLUMBING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 0 0 170,501 51,150 57,644 17,293
TOOLS 0 0 64,225 19,268 0 0
OFFICE EQUIPMENT 0 0 104,300 31,290 22,519 6,756
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 0 0 490,000 147,000 0 0
RED WOOD BUOY TENDER WLM 685 1 1 1,900,000 760,000 1,900,000 760,000
POINT FRANCIS PATROL BOAT 1 1 575,000 172,500 575,000 172,500
POINT HURON PATROL BOAT 1 1 575,000 172,500 575,000 172,500
Total     7,673,208 2,491,963 5,458,445 1,827,534

Sources:

1 United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>.

2 United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2006 (Washington: February 2005) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2006/>.

3 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

4 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

5 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

6 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

7 United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

 

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