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Direct Commercial Sales (DCS): St. Kitts and Nevis |
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Data about DCS licenses do not necessarily refer to final sales; they indicate only that the State Department has granted permission for a possible sale. The State Department estimates that about half of all export licenses it grants result in actual deliveries.1 Table 1: 2000-2002
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| Commodity | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | ||||
| Quantity | License value | Quantity | License value | Quantity | License value | Quantity | License value | |
| Agreements, mfg. and tech. assist. | 875,000 | 34,060 | ||||||
| Ammunition raw materials | ||||||||
| Cartridges .22 cal thru .50 cal | 50 | 14 | ||||||
| Pistols and revolvers | 12 | 5,824 | 6 | 3,237 | 7 | 2,723 | 4 | 2,482 |
| Rifle (non-military, all types) | 3 | 1,287 | ||||||
| Ship components and spare parts | ||||||||
| Submachine guns | 1 | 385 | ||||||
| Vehicle military components and spares | 8,000 | |||||||
| Total | 5,824 | 879,524 | 10,723 | 36,941 | ||||
Sources:
1 United States, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, “Article: Revision of US Arms Exports Data Series,” World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1997 (Washington: ACDA, 1997, revised January 1999) <http://www.acda.gov/wmeat97/commerce.pdf>.
2 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).
3 United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 97 (Washington: August 1998): 1.
4 United States, Department of State, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 98 (Washington: July 1999): 99.
5 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2000) <http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_9_99.pdf>.
6 United States, Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Report by the Department of State Pursuant to Sec. 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (Washington: 2002) <http://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_2000.pdf>.
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