U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003

Publication Date: December 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Trade

Keywords: Arms trade

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This report provides background data on United States arms sales agreements with and deliveries to its major purchasers during calendar years 1996-2003. In a series of data tables, it lists the total dollar values of U.S. arms sales agreements with its top five purchasers in five specific regions of the world for three periods: 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and 2003 alone, and the total dollar values of U.S. arms deliveries to its top five purchasers in those same regions for the periods 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and for 2003 alone. In addition, the report provides data tables listing the total dollar values of U.S. arms agreements with and deliveries to its top 10 purchasers worldwide for the periods 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and for 2003.

This report is prepared in conjunction with the annual CRS report for Congress entitled: Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1996-2003 (CRS Report RL32547). That report details both U.S. and foreign arms transfer activities globally, and provides analysis of arms trade trends. The intent here is to complement that elaborate worldwide treatment of the international arms trade by providing only the dollar values of United States arms sales agreements with and delivery values to its leading customers, by geographic region, for the calendar years 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and 2003. Unlike CRS Report RL32547, this report focuses exclusively on U.S. arms sales, provides the specific names of the major U.S. arms customers, by region, together with the total dollar values of their arms purchases or deliveries. This report will not be revised.