Publication

Mar 2013

This fact sheet lists the main exporters and importers of arms for the period 2008–2012, and describes the regional trends among recipient states. One of the main conclusions it draws is that the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons in the period 2008–12 was 17 per cent higher than in the period 2003–2007.

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Author Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley, Pieter D Wezeman, Siemon T Wezeman
Series SIPRI Fact Sheet
Publisher Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Copyright © 2013 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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