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

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

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CRS Report for Congress
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U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and
Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
December 8, 2004
Richard F. Grimmett
Specialist in National Defense
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

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

Contents
U.S. Agreements with Leading Purchasers,1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
U.S. Deliveries to Leading Purchasers, 1996-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and
Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
This report provides background data on United States arms sales agreements
with and deliveries to its major purchasers during calendar years 1996-2003. It
provides the total dollar values of U.S. arms agreements with its top five purchasers
in five specific regions of the world for the periods 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and for
2003, and the total dollar values of U.S. arms deliveries to its top five purchasers in
five specific regions for those same years. In addition, the report provides a listing
of the total dollar values of U.S. arms agreements with and deliveries to its top ten
purchasers for the periods 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and for 2003. The data are
official, unclassified, United States Defense Department figures compiled by the
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), unless otherwise indicated. The data
have been restructured for this report by DSCA from a fiscal year format to a
calendar year format. Thus a year in this report covers the period from January 1-
December 31, and not the fiscal year period from October 1-September 30.1
U.S. Agreements with Leading Purchasers,1996-2003
The following five regional tables provide the total dollar values of all U.S.
defense articles and defense services sold to the top five purchasers in each region
indicated for the calendar year(s) noted. These values represent the total value of all
government-to-government agreements actually concluded between the United States
and the foreign purchaser under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program during the
calendar year(s) indicated.2 In a separate table, the total dollar values of all U.S.
defense articles and defense services sold to the top ten purchasers worldwide is
provided for calendar year period noted. All totals are expressed as current U.S.
dollars.
1 The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) also publishes an annual volume
providing these data in a fiscal year format. This publication is titled: Foreign Military
Sales, Foreign Military Construction Sales, and Military Assistance Facts. It provides
detailed U.S. annual transactions with countries and international organizations for the most
recent ten fiscal years, as of the date of publication, as well as aggregate data for these
transactions since FY1950. See DSCA website for this data under DSCA Facts Book at
[http://www.dsca.osd.mil/]. For detailed worldwide arms transfer data for U.S. and foreign
suppliers and recipients, see CRS Report RL32547, Conventional Arms Transfers to
Developing Nations, 1996-2003, by Richard F. Grimmett.
2 Current U.S. law and regulations do not require U.S. companies to provide, routinely and
systematically, data on arms sales agreements actually concluded with foreign purchasers
resulting from commercial licenses authorized by the U.S. State Department. Thus, with one
very notable exception relating to the U.A.E. in 2000, the agreement data in the following
tables do not include the values of U.S. licensed commercial sales.

CRS-2
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest million)
AFRICA
AFRICA
AFRICA
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Ethiopia $12 million
1 Nigeria $26 million
1 Kenya $17 million
2 Kenya $10 million
2 Kenya $25 million
2 South Africa $12 million
3 Ghana $5 million
3 South Africa $15 million
3 Nigeria $5 million
4 Uganda $4 million
4 Senegal $6 million
4 Djibouti $3 million
5 Senegal $4 million
5 Botswana $4 million
5 Ethiopia $2 million
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
REPUBLICS
REPUBLICS
REPUBLICS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Canada $397 million
1 Canada $655 million
1 Canada $240 million
2 Colombia $196 million*
2 Chile $553 million
2 Colombia $81 million*
3 Brazil $109 million
3 Colombia $307 million*
3 Brazil $15 million
4 Venezuela $101 million
4 Brazil $101 million
4 Venezuela $14 mill.
5 Argentina $47 million
5 Venezuela $63 million
5 Ecuador $13 million
*Includes FMS sales related to international narcotics interdiction programs.
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 South Korea $2.5 billion
1 South Korea $3.7 bill.
1 Japan $800 million
2 Taiwan $1.7 billion
2 Japan $2.5 billion
2 South Korea $570 million
3 Japan $1.5 billion
3 Singapore $1.1 billion
3 Australia $410 million
4 Singapore $1.3 billion
4 Australia $960 million
4 Taiwan $390 million
5 Australia $1.3 billion
5 Taiwan $820 million
5 Singapore $130 million

CRS-3
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
NEAR EAST
NEAR EAST
NEAR EAST
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Egypt $5.8 bill.
1 U.A.E. $7.1 billion*
1 Egypt $1.7 billion
2 Saudi Arabia $4.6 bill.
2 Egypt $6.2 billion
2 Saudi Arabia $700 mill.
3 Israel $4.3 billion
3 Israel $5.1 billion
3 Israel $580 million
4 Bahrain $610 million
4 Saudi Arabia $2.7 bill.
4 Jordan $330 million
5 Kuwait $490 million
5 Kuwait $1.7 billion
5 Kuwait $310 million
*Includes a $6.432 billion licensed commercial agreement concluded in 2000 for 80
F-16 fighter aircraft.
EUROPE
EUROPE
EUROPE
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Greece $1.4 billion
1 Poland $3.7 billion
1 Poland $3.6 billion
2 Spain $1.4 billion
2 Greece $3.3 billion
2 Turkey $470 million
3 U.K. $1.2 billion
3 U.K. $1.8 billion
3 U.K. $410 million
4 Turkey $1.2 billion
4 Italy $1.3 billion
4 Germany $260 million
5 Germany $1.1 billion
5 Turkey $1.3 billion
5 Netherlands $220 mill.

CRS-4
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
WORLDWIDE
WORLDWIDE
WORLDWIDE
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Egypt $5.8 billion
1 U.A.E. $7.1 billion*
1 Poland $3.6 billion
2 Saudi Arabia $4.6 billion
2 Egypt $6.2 billion
2 Egypt $1.7 billion
3 Israel $4.3 billion
3 Israel $5.1 billion
3 Japan $800 million
4 South Korea $2.5 billion
4 South Korea $3.7 bill.
4 Saudi Arabia $700 mill.
5 Taiwan $1.7 billion
5 Poland $3.7 billion
5 Israel $580 million
6 Japan $1.5 billion
6 Greece $3.3 billion
6 South Korea $570 mill.
7 Greece $1.4 billion
7 Saudi Arabia $2.7 bill.
7 Turkey $470 million
8 Spain $1.4 billion
8 Japan $2.5 billion
8 U.K. $410 million
9 Singapore $1.3 billion
9 U.K. $1.8 billion
9 Australia $410 million
10 Australia $1.3 billion
10 Kuwait $1.7 billion
10 Taiwan $390 million
*Includes a $6.432 billion licensed commercial agreement in 2000 for 80 F-16 fighter
aircraft.
U.S. Deliveries to Leading Purchasers, 1996-2003
The following five regional tables provide the total dollar values of all U.S.
defense articles and defense services delivered to the top five purchasers in each
region indicated for the calendar year(s) noted for all deliveries under the U.S.
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. These values represent the total value of all
government-to-government deliveries actually concluded between the United States
and the foreign purchaser under the FMS program during the calendar year(s)
indicated. Also included in these U.S. delivery totals are the total values of all
commercially licensed deliveries of defense articles and services actually made
during the fiscal year(s) noted.3
3 Current U.S. law and regulations require U.S. companies to provide detailed data to the
U.S. government on deliveries actually made to foreign purchasers based on licensed
commercial export authorizations previously given by the U.S. State Department. The
following delivery tables add the values of all commercially licensed deliveries of defense
articles and defense services actually made to the values of all Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) deliveries actually made. The U.S. FMS delivery data are for the calendar year(s)
noted, the commercially licensed delivery values included are for the pertinent fiscal years.
Commercial licensed delivery data are not currently available on a calendar year basis.

CRS-5
In a separate table (below), the total dollar values of all U.S. defense articles and
defense services actually delivered to the top ten purchasers worldwide is provided.
The delivery totals combine FMS deliveries concluded for the calendar year(s) noted,
and commercially licensed deliveries concluded for the pertinent fiscal year(s).
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF DELIVERIES CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest million)
AFRICA
AFRICA
AFRICA
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Cameroon $14 million
1 Nigeria $12 million
1 Nigeria $4 million
2 Kenya $11 million
2 Kenya $8 million
2 South Africa $3 million
3 Ethiopia $7 million
3 South Africa $4 million
3 Botswana $2 million
4 Senegal $7 million
4 Botswana $4 million
4 Kenya $2 million
5 Botswana $5 million
5 Ethiopia $3 million
5 Ethiopia $1 million
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
REPUBLICS
REPUBLICS
REPUBLICS
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Canada $451 million
1 Canada $657 million
1 Canada $340 million
2 Colombia $242 million*
2 Colombia $307 mill.*
2 Venezuela $34 million
3 Brazil $204 million
3 Argentina $259 million
3 Colombia $22 million*
4 Venezuela $156 million
4 Brazil $135 million
4 Mexico $21 million
5 Mexico $52 million
5 Venezuela $89 million
5 Ecuador $16 million
*Includes deliveries of defense articles and services previously sold that are related to
international narcotics programs.

CRS-6
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF DELIVERIES CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Taiwan $7.2 billion
1 Taiwan $4.5 billion
1 Japan $1.3 billion
2 South Korea $3.3 billion
2 Japan $2.8 billion
2 South Korea $670 million
3 Japan $2.9 billion
3 South Korea $2.5 billion 3 Taiwan $540 million
4 Australia $1.1 billion
4 Australia $1 billion
4 Australia $300 million
5 Singapore $1 billion
5 Singapore $1 billion
5 Thailand $280 million
NEAR EAST
NEAR EAST
NEAR EAST
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Saudi Arabia $16.6 bill.
1 Saudi Arabia $6.3 bill.
1 Saudi Arabia $1.2 bill.
2 Israel $3.6 billion
2 Egypt $4.7 billion
2 Egypt $1.2 billion
3 Egypt $3.1 billion
3 Israel $2.9 billion
3 Israel $920 million
4 Kuwait $2.5 billion
4 Kuwait $1.1 billion
4 Kuwait $160 million
5 Pakistan $410 million
5 Bahrain $590 million
5 U.A.E. $120 million
EUROPE
EUROPE
EUROPE
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Turkey $3.8 billion
1 Greece $2.9 billion
1 Greece $1.7 billion
2 Finland $2.4 billion
2 U.K. $1.8 billion
2 Italy $740 million
3 U.K. $1.9 billion
3 Turkey $1.5 billion
3 U.K. $500 million
4 Greece $1.8 billion
4 Germany $1.1 billion
4 Turkey $500 million
5 Netherlands $1.2 billion
5 Netherlands $1 billion
5 Germany $300 million

CRS-7
LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF DELIVERIES CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
WORLDWIDE
WORLDWIDE
WORLDWIDE
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
DELIVERIES
1996-1999
2000-2003
2003
1 Saudi Arabia $16.6 bill.
1 Saudi Arabia $6.3 bill.
1 Greece $1.7 billion
2 Taiwan $7.2 billion
2 Egypt $4.7 billion
2 Japan $1.3 bill.
3 Turkey $3.8 billion
3 Taiwan $4.5 billion
3 Saudi Arabia $1.2 bill.
4 Israel $3.6 billion
4 Israel $2.9 billion
4 Egypt $1.2 billion
5 South Korea $3.3 billion
5 Greece $2.9 billion
5 Israel $920 million
6 Egypt $3.1 billion
6 Japan $2.8 billion
6 Italy $740 million
7 Japan $2.9 billion
7 South Korea $2.5
7 South Korea $670 mill.
8 Kuwait $2.5 billion
8 U.K. $1.8 billion
8 Taiwan $540 million
9 Finland $2.4 billion
9 Turkey $1.5 billion
9 U.K. $500 million
10 U.K. $1.9 billion
10 Kuwait $1.1 billion
10 Turkey $500 million