Editor's Foreword

Table 43 Global Arms Transfer
Agreements
Leading Suppliers in 2008
Table 42 Global Arms
Deliveries
Leading Suppliers in 2008
Table 41 Arms Transfer Agreements
with Developing Nations
Leading Recipients in 2008
Table 40 Arms Deliveries to
Developing Nations
Leading Recipients in 2008
(current US$m)
1 United States 37,796
2 Italy 3,700
3 Russia 3,500
4 France 2,600
5 Germany 1,000
6 Netherlands 900
7 China 800
8 Sweden 600
9 Israel 500
10 Brazil 500
(current US$m)
1 United States 12,232
(current US$m)
1 UAE 9,700
(current US$m)
1 Saudi Arabia 1,800
2 Russia 5,400
3 Germany 2,900
4 UK 2,000
5 China 1,400
6 France 900
7 Israel 900
8 Sweden 800
9 Netherlands 700
10 Austria 500
2 Saudi Arabia 8,700
3 Morocco 5,400
4 India 4,000
5 Iraq 2,000
6 Egypt 1,400
7 South Korea 1,300
8 Taiwan 1,300
9 Israel 1,000
10 Pakistan 800
2 India 1,800
3 Venezuela 1,500
4 South Korea 1,400
5 Israel 1,200
6 Egypt 1,100
7 China 1,100
8 Singapore 800
9 Iraq 800
10 Pakistan 700
Table 44 Value of Global Arms Transfer Agreements and Market Share by Supplier, 2001–2008 (constant 2008US$m – % in italics)
Total russia US UK France Germany italy all Other european China Others
2001 38,586 6,873 17.8 13,918 36.1 736 1.9 5,400 14.0 2,455 6.4 1,350 3.5 3,314 8.6 1,350 3.5 3,191 8.3
2002 34,194 6,817 19.9 15,536 45.4 837 2.4 718 2.1 1,196 3.5 478 1.4 5,502 16.1 478 1.4 2,631 7.7
2003 36,252 5,383 14.8 16,942 46.7 2,926 8.1 3,277 9.0 1,755 4.8 702 1.9 2,575 7.1 702 1.9 1,989 5.5
2004 47,052 8,394 17.8 14,384 30.6 4,764 10.1 3,289 7.0 4,537 9.6 681 1.4 6,125 13.0 1,134 2.4 3,743 8.0
2005 49,241 6,580 13.4 14,040 28.5 3,071 6.2 8,005 16.3 2,303 4.7 1,645 3.3 8,225 16.7 2,851 5.8 2,522 5.1
2006 57,176 15,500 27.1 16,898 29.6 4,323 7.6 5,905 10.3 1,476 2.6 1,265 2.2 6,116 10.7 1,476 2.6 4,218 7.4
2007 59,749 10,776 18.0 25,368 42.5 10,057 16.8 2,053 3.4 1,539 2.6 1,232 2.1 5,234 8.8 1,334 2.2 2,155 3.6
2008 55,196 3,500 6.3 37,796 68.5 200 0.4 2,600 4.7 1,000 1.8 3,700 6.7 3,200 5.8 800 1.4 2,400 4.3
Country comparisons
Table 45 Value of Global Arms Deliveries and Market Share by Supplier, 2001–2008 (constant 2008US$m – % in italics)
Total russia US UK France Germany italy all Other european China Others
2001 34,043 5,768 16.9 11,215 32.9 5,277 15.5 2,455 7.2 859 2.5 614 1.8 3,682 10.8 1,105 3.2 3,068 9.0
2002 34,261 4,306 12.6 11,776 34.4 5,980 17.5 1,794 5.2 1,435 4.2 718 2.1 3,588 10.5 1,076 3.1 3,588 10.5
2003 40,616 5,032 12.4 12,997 32.0 8,075 19.9 2,809 6.9 2,692 6.6 468 1.2 4,798 11.8 819 2.0 2,926 7.2
2004 39,311 6,352 16.2 13,336 33.9 3,743 9.5 6,239 15.9 2,042 5.2 227 0.6 2,722 6.9 1,021 2.6 3,630 9.2
2005 34,072 3,728 10.9 13,126 38.5 4,057 11.9 2,851 8.4 1,974 5.8 1,097 3.2 3,290 9.7 877 2.6 3,071 9.0
2006 36,748 6,643 18.1 13,129 35.7 4,745 12.9 1,582 4.3 2,952 8.0 422 1.1 3,901 10.6 1,160 3.2 2,214 6.0
2007 34,551 5,235 15.2 12,792 37.0 2,053 5.9 2,258 6.5 2,874 8.3 718 2.1 4,106 11.9 1,540 4.5 2,976 8.6
2008 31,832 5,400 17.0 12,232 38.4 2,000 6.3 900 2.8 2,900 9.1 400 1.3 4,000 12.6 1,400 4.4 2,600 8.2
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US DoD Price Deflator. All data rounded to nearest $100m. Source: Richard F. Grimmett, Conventional Arms
Transfers to Developing Nations 2001-2008 (Washington DC: Congressional Research Service)