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The Arms Transfers Programme


The main task of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme is maintaining The Arms Transfers Database, which contains information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons since 1950. The Programme also:

Arms Transfers Database

Generate written and statistical reports on international transfers of major conventional weapons since 1950.

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  • collects data on the financial value of the arms trade;
  • contributes a chapter to the annual SIPRI Yearbook;
  • produces reports on international arms transfers; and
  • collects information on multilateral arms embargoes.

For information on arms export regulations, please visit the Non-proliferation and Export Control Programme. For information on internships with the Arms Transfers Programme, please click here.

News

  • 12 May 2009 - New SIPRI Policy Paper from the Countering Illicit Trafficking - Mechanism Assessment Project (CIT-MAP), part of the the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme: 'Air Transport and Destabilizing Commodity Flows' - More.
  • 27 April 2009 - SIPRI Arms Transfers Database completely revised and updated, including data on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2008 - More.
  • 16 February 2009 - New SIPRI Background Paper from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme: 'Reporting transfers of small arms and light weapons to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, 2007' - More.
  • 13 October 2008 - New SIPRI Insight Ppaper from the Countering Illicit Trafficking - Mechanism Assessment Project (CIT-MAP), part of the the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme: 'Stemming destabilizing arms transfers: the impact of European Union air safety bans' - More.

Publications

Links to all SIPRI Yearbook chapters by the Arms Transfers Programme since 1993. The page also contains SIPRI Policy Papers and other reports and publications by programme members. More.

Arms embargoes

Details of all UN, EU, and other multilateral arms embargoes in force since 1998. Links are provided to the documents establishing the embargo along with other relevant background information. More.

Financial value of the arms trade

Information on the financial value of the gobal arms trade along with the value of individual countries' arms exports. Data are based on official government and industry sources. More.

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)

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