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U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
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 Agreements 1996-1999
- Egypt $5.8 billion
- Saudi Arabia $4.6 billion
- Israel $4.3 billion
- South Korea $2.5 billion
- Taiwan $1.7 billion
- Japan $1.5 billion
- Greece $1.4 billion
- Spain $1.4 billion
- Singapore $1.3 billion
- Australia $1.3 billion
Worldwide Agreements 2000-2003
- U.A.E. $7.1 billion*
- Egypt $6.2 billion
- Israel $5.1 billion
- South Korea $3.7 billion
- Poland $3.7 billion
- Greece $3.3 billion
- Saudi Arabia $2.7 billion
- Japan $2.5 billion
- U.K. $1.8 billion
- Kuwait $1.7 billion
* Includes a $6.432 billion licensed commercial agreement in 2000 for 80 F-16 fighter aircraft.
Worldwide Agreements 2003
- Poland $3.6 billion
- Egypt $1.7 billion
- Japan $800 million
- Saudi Arabia $700 million
- Israel $580 million
- South Korea $570 million
- Turkey $470 million
- U.K. $410 million
- Australia $410 million
- Taiwan $390 million
Leading Purchasers Of U.S. Defense Articles &Amp; Services Total Values Of Deliveries Concluded
In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion.
Worldwide Deliveries 1996-1999
- Saudi Arabia $16.6 billion
- Taiwan $7.2 billion
- Turkey $3.8 billion
- Israel $3.6 billion
- South Korea $3.3 billion
- Egypt $3.1 billion
- Japan $2.9 billion
- Kuwait $2.5 billion
- Finland $2.4 billion
- U.K. $1.9 billion
Worldwide Deliveries 2000-2003
- Saudi Arabia $6.3 billion
- Egypt $4.7 billion
- Taiwan $4.5 billion
- Israel $2.9 billion
- Greece $2.9 billion
- Japan $2.8 billion
- South Korea $2.5 billion
- U.K. $1.8 billion
- Turkey $1.5 billion
- Kuwait $1.1 billion
Worldwide Deliveries 2003
- Greece $1.7 billion
- Japan $1.3 billion
- Saudi Arabia $1.2 billion
- Egypt $1.2 billion
- Israel $920 million
- Italy $740 million
- South Korea $670 million
- Taiwan $540 million
- U.K. $500 million
- Turkey $500 million
Source:
U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress
www.fas.org/man/crs/RL32689.pdf