Reporting country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Calendar year: 1995
Date of submission: 30 April 1996
Original language: English
Background information provided: yes

Each year, the U.S. provides background information regarding relevant U.S. policies, legislation, and administrative procedures. The 1996 U.S. submission includes updates to this material.
It is possible that there will be discrepancies in the numbers of transferred arms as reported by exporting and importing states, due to differences in recorded dates of transfer and in what each country determines to constitute a reportable transfer.
The U.S. considers that its transfers of military equipment occur at the time ownership title for the equipment is transferred between the U.S. and another country. The 1996 submission therefore includes equipment whose title was transferred during the 1995 calendar year.

EXPORTS

A	B	C	D	E		REMARKS
Category (I-VII)	Final importer State(s)	Number of items	State of origin (if not exporter)	Intermediate location (if any)		Description of item	Comments on the transfer
I.Battle tanks	Egypt	274
	Kuwait	16
	Portugal	13
	Saudi Arabia	89
	Thailand	24
II.Armoured combat vehicles	Egypt	299
	Greece	91
	Israel	28
	Kuwait	46
	Lebanon	319
	Saudi Arabia	306
III.Large calibre artillery systems	Australia	1
	Egypt	7
	Greece	10
	Israel	6
	Japan	9
	Republic of Korea	90
	Spain	28
	Thailand	1
IV.Combat aircraft	Argentina	40
	Australia	1
	Egypt	31
	Finland	4
	Greece	8
	Israel	2
	Republic of Korea	8
	Portugal	1
	Saudi Arabia	4
	Spain	6
	Switzerland	3
	Thailand	20
V.Attack helicopters	Bahrain	6
	Colombia	2
	Greece	5
	United Arab Emirates	12
VII.Missiles and missile launchers	Australia	32
	Denmark	3
	France	30
	Germany	1
	Greece	2208
	Israel	6
	Italy	246
	Japan	126
	Republic of Korea	125
	Malaysia	12
	Netherlands	40
	New Zealand	2
	Spain	2
	Thailand	2
	Turkey	84
	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	114

Note: In addition, during the calendar year 1995 transfers to Taiwan took place as follows:

I. Battle tanks 21
II. Armoured combat vehicles 1
V. Attack helicopters 10
VII. Missiles and missile launchers 254

IMPORTS

A	B	C	D	E		REMARKS
Category (I-VII)	Exporter State(s)	Number of items	State of origin (if not exporter)	Intermediate location (if any)		Description of item	Comments on the transfer
VII.Missiles and missile launchers	Israel	18
	Norway	22
	Russia	5