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Montserrat
Sales | Overview
Sales
Program 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 actual 2001 actual 2002 estimate 2003 estimate
Direct Commercial Sales
Sales from U.S. companies licensed by the U.S. government		 $3,340 (Licenses) $3,340 (Licenses) $0 (Licenses) $9,736 (Licenses)        
$0 (Deliveries as of March 1996) $0 (Deliveries as of March 1997) $0 (Deliveries as of March 1998) $0 (Deliveries as of March 1999) $0 (Deliveries as of January 2001) $0 (Deliveries as of January 2002) $0 (Expected deliveries) $0 (Expected deliveries)


Overview
An overseas territory of the United Kingdom, Montserrat buys very small amounts of weapons and equipment from U.S. corporations. These purchases are licensed by the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) program.
Snapshot
Population: 12,853 (1999; includes about 8,000 who left Montserrat after volcanic eruptions in 1997)
Land area: 38.6 sq. mi.
Security forces: Defense is the responsibility of the UK

 

Sources

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  • Emergency Drawdowns 1998: United States, Department of State, "Memorandum of Justification for use of Section 506(a)(2) special authority to draw down articles, services, and military education and training," September 15, 1998.
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  • "Section 1033" 1998-2002: same as "Section 1004" above.

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  • Economic and Social Assistance 2001-4: United States, Department of State, FY 2004 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002, February 2003) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2004/>.


  • United States, U.S. Agency for International Development, FY 2002 Congressional Budget Justification (Washington, USAID, 2001) <http://www.usaid.gov/pubs/cbj2002/cbj2002_table02a.html>.

 

 

 

 

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