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Small Arms Survey. 2001 ‘60 Known Legal Small Arms Exporting Countries, 2001.’ Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem; Table 4.3, p. 148. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1 July

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Table 4.3: The 60 Known Legal Small Arms Exporting Countries

1. Major Exporters (more than USD 75million annually):

Brazil, Germany, Russia, United States -- 4 countries totaling USD 2billion;

2. Mid-level Exporters (between USD 1million and USD 75million annually):

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom -- 18 countries totaling USD 497 million;

3. Minor Exporters (less than USD 1million annually):

Australia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Japan, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey -- 20 countries totaling less than USD 10million;

4. Value [of small arms exports] Unknown:

Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Jordan, North Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe -- 18 countries.

Sources cited:
National government reports, COMTRADE, calculations based on several reports.

ID: Q867

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