Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2002-2009 (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Sept. 10, 2010 |
| Report Number |
R41403 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Richard F. Grimmett, Specialist in International Security |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
This report is prepared annually to provide Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions. All agreement and delivery data in this report for the United States are government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) transactions. Similar data are provided on worldwide conventional arms transfers by all suppliers, but the principal focus is the level of arms transfers by major weapons suppliers to nations in the developing world. Developing nations continue to be the primary focus of foreign arms sales activity by weapons suppliers. During the years 2002-2009, the value of arms transfer agreements with developing nations comprised 68.3% of all such agreements worldwide. More recently, arms transfer agreements with developing nations constituted 72.8% of all such agreements globally from 2006-2009, and 78.4% of these agreements in 2009. The value of all arms transfer agreements with developing nations in 2009 was nearly $45.1 billion. This was a decline from $48.8 billion in 2008. In 2009, the value of all arms deliveries to developing nations was nearly $17 billion, the lowest total in these deliveries values for the entire 2002-2009 period (in constant 2009 dollars).
