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Appendix 6A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons, 2006–10
Contents
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme
I. Introduction
II. Sources and methods for arms transfers data
Table 6A.1. The recipients of major conventional weapons, 2006–10
Table 6A.2. The suppliers of major conventional weapons, 2006–10
Table 6A.3. The 10 largest recipients of major conventional weapons and their suppliers, 2006–10
Table 6A.4. The 10 largest suppliers of major conventional weapons and their destinations, by region, 2006–10
Appendix 6A provides data on the suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons and the size of the international arms trade [PDF].
Summary
The trend in transfers of major conventional weapons, 2001–10
Bar graph: annual totals; line graph: five-year moving average (plotted at the last year of each five-year period).
The five largest suppliers of major conventional weapons, 2006–10
|
Supplier |
Share of global arms exports (%) |
Main recipients (share of supplier's) transfers) |
|---|---|---|
| USA
|
30
|
South Korea (14%) Australia (9%) UAE (8%) |
| Russia
|
23
|
India (33%) China (23%) Algeria (13%) |
| Germany
|
11
|
Greece (15%) South Africa (11%) Turkey (10%) |
| France
|
7
|
Singapore (23%) UAE (16%) Greece (12%) |
| UK
|
4
|
USA (23%) Saudi Arabia (19%) India (10%) |
This data is obtained from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.
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