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EU exports more small arms than US

01 August 2003

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The EU is now the worlds largest exporter of small arms, selling $170 million more annually than the US according to figures released in the Small Arms Survey complied by the Graduate Institute of international Studies in Geneva. The research project is linked to the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons. The Survey 2003 documents 1,134 companies in at least 98 countries.

Jane's Defence Weekly 10.9.03

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