Direct commercial sales authorizations for fiscal year 2004.The following are excerpts of the report published by the Department of State, pursuant to Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act. To view the report in its entirety go to the following web site: https://www.pmdtc.org/docs/rpt655_2004.pdf.] Overview This report covers defense articles and defense services licensed for export during fiscal year (FY) 2004 under Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act The Arms Export Control Act requires governments that receive weapons from the United States to use them for legitimate self-defense. It also places certain restrictions on American arms traders and manufacturers, prohibiting them from the sale of certain sensitive technologies to . It is provided pursuant to Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, and, as required by that Section, the report shows the aggregate dollar value and quantity of defense articles and defense services authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to each foreign country or designation. Sometimes the column for the quantity is blank or 0. The quantity on a license may not be a specified number because of instances where the applicant used the word lot or various left the quantity blank; listed multiple commodities with different quantities; or did not quantify the commodity of technical data. A separate portion is a report on authorizations for semi-automatic assault weapons. In accordance with subsection subsection Noun any of the smaller parts into which a section may be divided Noun 1. subsection - a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e. (d) of Section 655, this report is also being made available to the public on the internet through the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls at www.pmdtc.org. In view of the growing role of manufacturing license agreements and technical assistance agreements, this year's report has a separate section that distinguishes more clearly between authorizations pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to defense articles and those associated with defense services. The overall number of permanent export license applications submitted under Section 38 in FY 2004 was approximately 32,000. The number of manufacturing license agreements and technical assistance agreements submitted was 6,535. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] This trend appears to reflect the growing complexity of commercial defense trade as international joint ventures, co-production, licensed manufacturing and offset arrangements involving offshore assembly or procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. increasingly characterize major sales. Part 1 of the report details approximately $22.4 billion in licenses authorizing the export of defense articles, while Part 2 provides aggregate information by country or designation on authorizations for defense services (i.e., agreements) totaling $44.7 billion. Importantly, the value of authorizations provided under Section 38 for defense articles and defense services does not correlate to the value of articles actually transferred during this same time frame. Most munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. licenses issued for articles shown in Part 1 are valid for four years and may be used throughout their period of validity to carry out the authorized export transactions. Similarly, manufacturing license and technical assistance agreements set forth in Part 2 of the report cover a wide range of programmatic pro·gram·mat·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having a program. 2. Following an overall plan or schedule: a step-by-step, programmatic approach to problem solving. 3. activities for multi-year periods (generally exceeding the four-year validity period of defense article export licenses). Because the scope of the Department's regulatory authority Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities over such agreements continues for as long as these multi-year agreements remain in effect, authorizations furnished fur·nish tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es 1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for. 2. in FY 2004 also include certain activities occurring in prior years. Such post hoc post hoc adv. & adj. In or of the form of an argument in which one event is asserted to be the cause of a later event simply by virtue of having happened earlier: reporting generally is due to instances where the State Department directed an audit of an agreement (including the value of articles produced) in order to ensure compliance with the Arms Export Control Act and, in particular, the oversight by Congress mandated in Section 36 of the Act1 with respect to major sales and manufacturing abroad of significant military equipment. The results of such audits frequently disclose higher values than previously reported or initially projected by U.S. defense firms owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de a variety of factors, including extensions in the validity of agreements well beyond the original time frame envisaged. Authorizations under Section 38 in fiscal year 2004 continued to center principally on a relatively small number of friends and allies of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . During this period defense trade with two major allies, the United Kingdom and Japan, and with the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. reflect a large portion of the dollar value of all authorizations furnished under Section 38 (i.e., the overall direct commercial sales program). The $3.8 billion total for the United Arab Emirates in fiscal year 2004 reflects the sale of F-16 aircraft spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. (valued at $3.6 billion) which was notified to Congress under Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act. In past years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time United Kingdom and Japan have been the largest cooperative partners of the United States in relation to defense trade carried out under Section 38 (Table 1). Part 3 is a separate statement, pursuant to P.L. 107-228, that covers defense articles that are firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. ) or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , sales of major defense equipment valued at $25 million or more or other defense articles and defense services valued at $100 million or more require notification to Congress before an export license may be issued. List that shows the country, aggregate dollar value and quantity of semi-automatic assault weapons, or spare parts for such weapons, the manufacture, transfer, or possession of which is unlawful under 18 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 922, that were licensed for export during fiscal year 2004. (1) Sales of major defense equipment valued at $14 million or more or other defense articles and defense services valued at $50 million or more, and technical assistance and manufacturing license agreements involving the manufacture abroad of significant military equipment, require notification to Congress before an export license may be issued. In the case of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan or New Zealand, sales of major defense equipment valued at $25 million or more or other defense articles and defense services valued at $100 million or more require notification to Congress before an export license may be issued.
Table 1
Defense Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
Articles 2000 2001 2002
Japan $3.6 $2.6 $3.0
United Kingdom $2.5 $3.3 $2.6
Defense Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
Articles 2003 2004
Japan $3.6 $2.8
United Kingdom $1.8 $1.7
U.S. Munitions List Categories
Category I Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns
Category II Guns and Armament
Category III Ammunition and Ordnance
Category IV Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles,
Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs, and Mines
Category V Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants,
Incendiary Agents, and Their Constituents
Category VI Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment
Category VII Tanks and Military Vehicles
Category VIII Aircraft and Associated Equipment
Category IX Military Training Equipment
Category X Protective Personnel Equipment
Category XI Military Electronics
Category XII Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and
Control Equipment
Category XIII Auxiliary Military Equipment
Category XIV Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents,
Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
Category XV Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment
Category XVI Nuclear Weapons, Design, and Testing Related Items
Category XVII Classified Articles, Technical Data, and Defense
Services Not Otherwise Enumerated
Category XVIII Directed Energy Weapons
Category XIX [Reserved]
Category XX Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated
Equipment
Category XXI Miscellaneous Articles
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