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Florquin, Nicholas et al.. 2020 ‘Annual Authorized Small Arms and Light Weapons Imports by Major Importer, 2017.’ Trade Update 2020 An Eye on Ammunition Transfers to Africa; Table A2. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 December

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Table A2: Annual authorized small arms and light weapons imports by major importer (annual imports of at least USD 10 million), 2017

Importer - USD value, unless stated otherwise (rounded to the nearest million) ***

Afghanistan - At least 41 million
Angola - At least 17 million
Argentina - At least 24 million
Australia [T] - At least 163 million
Austria - At least 71 million
Belgium - At least 78 million
Brazil - At least 14 million
Bulgaria - At least 16 million
Canada [T] - At least 283 million
Chile - At least 12 million
China - At least 10 million
Croatia - At least 27 million
Czech Republic - At least 47 million
Denmark - At least 36 million
Egypt - At least 12 million
Estonia - At least 28 million
Finland - At least 25 million
France [T] - At least 140 million
Germany [T] - At least 219 million
Ghana - At least 14 million
Guatemala - At least 12 million
Honduras - At least 13 million
Hungary - At least 18 million
India - At least 11 million
Indonesia - At least 90 million
Iraq - At least 51 million
Israel - At least 55 million
Italy - At least 58 million
Japan - At least 34 million
Jordan - At least 54 million
Kenya - At least 18 million
South Korea - At least 31 million
Kuwait [T] - At least 148 million
Lebanon - At least 23 million
Lithuania - At least 19 million
Luxembourg - At least 12 million
Malaysia - At least 20 million
Mexico - At least 43 million
Morocco - At least 32 million
Netherlands - At least 74 million
New Zealand - At least 40 million
Norway - At least 48 million
Oman [T] - At least 165 million
Pakistan - At least 44 million
Paraguay - At least 17 million
Peru - At least 10 million
Philippines - At least 59 million
Poland - At least 68 million
Portugal - At least 33 million
Qatar [T] - At least 102 million
Russian Federation - At least 28 million
Saudi Arabia [T] - At least 474 million
Senegal - At least 13 million
Serbia - At least 22 million
Singapore - At least 21 million
Slovakia - At least 45 million
South Africa - At least 41 million
Spain - At least 67 million
Sudan - At least 17 million
Sweden - At least 63 million
Switzerland - At least 67 million
Taiwan, China - At least 11 million
Thailand [T] - At least 114 million
Tunisia - At least 16 million
Turkey [T] - At least 212 million
Ukraine - At least 25 million
United Arab Emirates [T] - At least 233 million
United Kingdom [T] - At least 120 million
United States [T] - At least 2074 million

[T] = Top exporters (those with an annual export value equal to or greater than USD 100 million, according to UN Comtrade and estimates) are set in bold. [in original text]

** Excluding transfers contributing less than 1 per cent of the total annual value. This ranking is based on both direct and mirror data, as reported to UN Comtrade and aggregated by the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT).

*** The UN Comtrade commodity categories used in this analysis of the small arms trade are: Military firearms, rocket and grenade launchers, etc.; Military weapons; Revolvers and pistols; Sporting and hunting shotguns; Sporting and hunting rifles; Parts and accessories of revolvers or pistols; Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles; Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles other than barrels; Shotgun cartridges; and Small arms ammunition.
This list includes categories from different versions of the Harmonized System (HS), some of which states may still use to report on their transfers. In HS 2002, four categories replaced category 930100 (Military weapons): 930111 and 930119 (which were dropped by HS 2012) for artillery weapons, 930120 for light weapons, and 930190 for other military weapons. Similarly, in HS 2012, category 930520 (Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles) replaced
categories 930521 (Shotgun barrels) and 930529 (Parts and accessories of shotguns and rifles).

ID: Q15387

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