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:

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

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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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)