Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006 (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Sept. 26, 2007 |
| Report Number |
RL34187 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Richare F. Grimmett, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| 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 transactions. Some general 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 1999-2006, the value of arms transfer agreements with developing nations comprised 66.4% of all such agreements worldwide. More recently, arms transfer agreements with developing nations constituted 65.7% of all such agreements globally from 2003-2006, and 71.5% of these agreements in 2006.
