Arms Sales to Sudan, 2004-2006 – Category 1: Direct Providers

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The countries in this category voluntarily reported to official databases that they sold arms to Sudan since 2004. When Human Rights First requested clarification of the information, these countries failed to respond, with the exception of Cyprus.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia self-reported a very limited amount of arms sales to Sudan in 2005, but Sudan reported having received a significant amount of weapons that originated in Saudi Arabia. Because Saudi Arabia did not explain the nature and extent of its arms sales to Sudan, the country is included in this category.

Source	Year of export	Weapon Types (nes=not elsewhere specified)	Trade Value or # of Items
Comtrade – Sudan	2004	Revolvers and pistols	$8,042
		Muzzle-loading firearms	$7,914
		Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$1,783
		Arms nes, (spring, air or gas guns, truncheons, etc)	$183
		Air gun pellets, parts of shotgun cartridges	$2,689
	2005	Telescopes for arms/other equipment, periscopes	$1,543
		Arms nes, (spring, air or gas guns, truncheons, etc)	$150
	2006	Revolvers and pistols	$152,300
		Cartridges, shotgun	$4,550
		Total	$158,543
Comtrade – Self	2005	Cartridges nes, parts thereof	$240
		Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles	$587
		Total	$827

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Senegal

Senegal self-reported one major shipment of almost $6 million worth of ammunition to Sudan in 2005 as well as smaller amounts of cartridges and armored fighting vehicles or parts.

Source	Year of export	Weapon Types (nes=not elsewhere specified)	Trade Value or # of Items
Comtrade – Self	2005	Munitions of war, ammunition/projectiles and parts	$5,904,296
		Cartridges nes, parts thereof	$2,459
		Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles	$57,081
		Total	$5,963,836

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Slovakia

Slovakia reported almost €20,000 worth of sales of explosives to Sudan in the Eurostat database which they did not report elsewhere. In response to Human Rights First’s inquiry, Slovakia denied that weapons of this kind had been exported to Sudan in 2005 but stated that Slovakia sent de-mining equipment to Sudan in 2006. The response did not clarify why the stat report included the 2005 transfer of explosives.

Source	Year of export	Weapon Types	Trade Value or # of Items
Eurostat	2005	Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, cartridges and other ammo or projectiles or parts thereof	€ 19,921
		Total	€ 19,921

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Spain

Spain self-reported having transferred over $2,000 worth of rifles to Sudan in 2004 which it did not report in the Eurostat database. It is not clear why this discrepancy occurred and Spain did not respond to Human Rights First’s request for clarification.

Source	Year of export	Weapon Types (nes=not elsewhere specified)	Trade Value or # of Items
Comtrade – Self	2004	Rifles, sporting, hunting or target-shooting, nes	$2,487
		Total	$2,487

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Turkey

Both Sudan and Turkey reported significant transfers of Turkish arms to Sudan since 2004, up to $400,000. The two countries entered into a military cooperation agreement in August 2006.

Source	Year of export	Weapon Types (nes=not elsewhere specified)	Trade Value or # of Items
Comtrade – Sudan	2004	Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles	$264,048
		Military weapons, other than hand guns, swords, etc	$11,684
		Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$5,410
		Signal pistols, etc, humane killers, etc	$4,055
	2005	Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$14,396
		Signal pistols, etc, humane killers, etc	$623
	2006	Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$52,826
		Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles, nes	$24,503
		Cartridges, shotgun	$10,142
		Total	$387,687
Comtrade – Self	2004	Telescopes for arms/other equipment, periscopes	$672
		Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$26,191
		Rifles, sporting, hunting or target-shooting, nes	$5,030
		Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, scabbards, etc	$7,157
	2005	Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, scabbards, etc	$4,277
		Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles, nes	$525
		Shotgun barrels	$430
		Arms nes, (spring, air or gas guns, truncheons, etc)	$9,250
		Rifles, sporting, hunting or target-shooting, nes	$598
		Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$37,968
	2006	Shotguns, shotgun-rifles for sport, hunting or target	$29,769
		Total	$121,867

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The tables above contain information on exports of arms and related military material to Sudan since 2004, the year the United Nations arms embargo was first imposed in relation to the Darfur conflict. Total amounts for the period are given, as reported to each database. Information for 2007 and 2008 is included where available. The databases used in this enquiry were:

Comtrade – Sudan	United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database, commodity export and import information reported by Sudan.
Comtrade – Self	United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database, commodity export and import information self-reported by country.
UN RoCA	United Nations Register on Conventional Arms database, information self-reported by country.
Eurostat	Statistical database of the European Union, information self-reported by country.
Other	Media reports, other publicly reported information.

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