This table was produced by the
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
(COAT).
For other tables in this series, see "Canadian
Small Arms Exports to the Middle East/North Africa"
See also, COAT's list of key "Canadian
Munitions Firms Exporting to Middle East/North Africa"
For a wider range of exports see COAT's
"Canadian
Military Exports to the Middle East/North Africa."
Canadian
Small Arms Exports to Lebanon See "Source Notes" below, regarding the incompleteness of this data. Click here for resources on Human Rights in Lebanon |
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Year |
Weapons Type |
Value ($US) | Weight (kg) | Units |
1995 | Small Arms Ammunition | 83,528 |
|
|
1996 | Small Arms Ammunition | 60,814 |
|
|
1998 | Parts & Accessories | 32,838 |
|
|
1998 | Small Arms Ammunition | 13,746 |
|
|
2000 | Rifles/Shotguns - Sport | 716 | 3 |
|
2001 | Ammunition, Explosives & Missiles | 4,972 | 210 |
|
2004 | Small Arms Ammunition | 9 | 1 |
|
2008 | Parts & Accessories | 4,418 | 20 |
|
2008 | Parts & Accessories | 2,993 | 26 |
|
2008 | Parts & Accessories | 4,890 | 10 |
|
2008 | Small Arms Ammunition | 29,208 | 1,005 |
|
2009 | Ammunition, Explosives & Missiles | 2,596 | 294 |
|
2009 | Pistols & Revolvers | 1,450 |
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Notes:
Definitions:
"In general...small arms and light weapons means anything that can be
carried up a hill by two adults, or transported on the back of a jeep, and
specifically includes the following categories of weapons:
small arms – revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines,
assault rifles, sub-machine guns, and light machine guns; and
light weapons – heavy machine guns, hand-held under barrel and mounted
grenade launchers, portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles,
portable launchers of anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, and mortars of less
than 100mm calibre."
Haug, M et al.: "Shining
a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency",
Small Arms Survey (2002)
Source:
Information in
the above table
originates from
customs data compiled by
the
UN
Statistics Division (Comtrade
database).
This data was accessed by COAT using the
NISAT database which is produced by the
Norwegian
Initiative on Small Arms Transfers. For more
information on NISAT
database, refer to these two sources:
(1)
NISAT database public user manual
(2) Haug, M et al.: "Shining
a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency",
Small Arms Survey (2002)
Source Notes:
"Many transfers (possibly a majority) of small arms never pass
through customs, especially government-to-government transfers that are
transported through military or other channels."
Haug, M et al.: "Shining
a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency",
Small Arms Survey (2002)
"Even though the majority of the information [in the NISAT database]
comes from official government sources, in many cases it is incomplete and only
offers a partial snapshot of the global trade in small arms and light weapons."
NISAT database public user manual