U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003

LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a
billion)

WORLDWIDE AGREEMENTS 1996-1999

1 Egypt $5.8 billion 2 Saudi Arabia $4.6 billion 3 Israel $4.3 billion
4 South Korea $2.5 billion 5 Taiwan $1.7 billion 6 Japan $1.5 billion
7 Greece $1.4 billion 8 Spain $1.4 billion 9 Singapore $1.3 billion
10 Australia $1.3 billion

WORLDWIDE AGREEMENTS 2000-2003

1 U.A.E. $7.1 billion* 2 Egypt $6.2 billion 3 Israel $5.1 billion
4 South Korea $3.7 bill. 5 Poland $3.7 billion 6 Greece $3.3 billion
7 Saudi Arabia $2.7 bill. 8 Japan $2.5 billion 9 U.K. $1.8 billion
10 Kuwait $1.7 billion
*Includes a $6.432 billion licensed commercial agreement in 2000 for 80 F-16
fighter
aircraft.

WORLDWIDE AGREEMENTS 2003

1 Poland $3.6 billion 2 Egypt $1.7 billion 3 Japan $800 million
4 Saudi Arabia $700 mill. 5 Israel $580 million 6 South Korea $570 mill.
7 Turkey $470 million 8 U.K. $410 million 9 Australia $410 million
10 Taiwan $390 million

LEADING PURCHASERS OF U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES & SERVICES
TOTAL VALUES OF DELIVERIES CONCLUDED
( In current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a
billion)

WORLDWIDE DELIVERIES 1996-1999

1 Saudi Arabia $16.6 bill. 2 Taiwan $7.2 billion 3 Turkey $3.8 billion
4 Israel $3.6 billion 5 South Korea $3.3 billion 6 Egypt $3.1 billion
7 Japan $2.9 billion 8 Kuwait $2.5 billion 9 Finland $2.4 billion
10 U.K. $1.9 billion

WORLDWIDE DELIVERIES 2000-2003

1 Saudi Arabia $6.3 bill. 2 Egypt $4.7 billion 3 Taiwan $4.5 billion
4 Israel $2.9 billion 5 Greece $2.9 billion 6 Japan $2.8 billion
7 South Korea $2.5 8 U.K. $1.8 billion 9 Turkey $1.5 billion
10 Kuwait $1.1 billion

WORLDWIDE DELIVERIES 2003

1 Greece $1.7 billion 2 Japan $1.3 bill. 3 Saudi Arabia $1.2 bill.
4 Egypt $1.2 billion 5 Israel $920 million 6 Italy $740 million
7 South Korea $670 mill. 8 Taiwan $540 million 9 U.K. $500 million
10 Turkey $500 million

Source:
U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress
www.fas.org/man/crs/RL32689.pdf