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Lethal
Trade
While they continue to blame developing
nations for the arms race, western powers are no less responsible as they profit from the
weapons trade. Incidentally, even smaller countries outdo India in arms imports.
| Trading
in conventional weapons (in US $ million) |
Biggest Arms Exporters |
Biggest Arms Importers |
| US |
9894 |
China |
1696 |
| Russia |
3905 |
S
Korea |
1677 |
| Germany |
1964 |
Egypt |
1555 |
| UK |
1663 |
Turkey |
1125 |
| France |
815 |
Malaysia |
1120 |
| Uzbekistan |
464 |
Kuwait |
1070 |
| Holland |
448 |
Thailand |
888 |
| Czech
Rep. |
326 |
India |
770 |
Source: World Development Report, 1997; The World Bank
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