Authorized Trade
Annual Export and Import Data
Each year, the Small Arms Survey provides an update of annual authorized small arms and light weapons exports and imports by major exporter and importer (annual transfers of at least USD 10 million). These data are available for download below:
- 2016 (from the Trade Update 2019)
- 2015 (from the Trade Update 2018)
- 2014 (from the Trade Update 2017)
- 2013 (from the Trade Update 2016)
- 2012 (Annexes 4.1 and 4.2 from Small Arms Survey 2015)
- 2011 (Annexes 4.1 and 4.2 from Small Arms Survey 2014)
- 2010 (Annexes 8.1 and 8.2 from Small Arms Survey 2013)
- 2009 (Annexes 8.2 and 8.3 from Small Arms Survey 2012; see also Methodology)
- 2008 (Annexes 1.1 and 1.2 from Small Arms Survey 2011; see also Methodology)
- 2007 (Annexes 1.1 and 1.2 from Small Arms Survey 2010; see also Methodology)
- 2006 (Annexes 1.1 and 1.2 from Small Arms Survey 2009; see also Methodology)
- 2005 (Annexes 4.1 and 4.2 from Small Arms Survey 2008)
- 2004 (Annexe 3.3 from Small Arms Survey 2007)
Small Arms Survey Publications
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Beyond the Kalashnikov: Small Arms Production, Exports, and Stockpiles in the Russian Federation, by Maxim Pyadushkin with Maria Haug and Anna Matveeva, August 2003. Occasional Paper No. 10
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Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers, by Nicholas Marsh and Aaron Karp, 2003. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied.
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Making Global Public Policy: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Edward Laurence and Rachel Stohl, December 2002. Occasional Paper No. 7
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The Legal-Illicit Link: Global Small Arms Transfers. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost.
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Small Arms Availability, Trade, and Impacts in the Republic of Congo, commissioned by IOM and the UNDP, by Spyros Demetriou, Robert Muggah and Ian Biddle, April 2002. Special Report No. 2
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Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency, by Maria Haug, Martin Langvandslien, Lora Lumpe, and Nic Marsh, co-published with NISAT, January 2002. Occasional Paper No. 4
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Fuelling the Flames: Brokers and Transport Agents in the Illicit Arms Trade, by Deborah Berlinck and Spyros Demetriou, 2001. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem.
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A Thriving Trade: Global Legal Small Arms Transfers, by Maria Haug, 2001. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem.
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Other Publications
Further Resources
- FAS (Federation of American Scientists): U.S. Arms Transfers - Government Data
- NISAT (Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers): Small Arms Trade Database
- SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute): National Reports on Arms Export
- SIPRI: Arms Transfers Database
- SIPRI: The Financial Value of the Global Arms Trade
- UN Comtrade (UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database): Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (2002-2010)
