SA arms exports doubled - South Africa

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South Africa's conventional arms exports nearly doubled between 2000 and 2002, according to a government paper referred to the parliamentary defence portfolio committee and joint standing committee on defence.

According to the paper, total arms exports amounted to R1.38bn in 2000. This rose to R1.73bn in 2001 and rose again to R2.56bn in 2002.

A notable change in the listing is that South Africa sold no arms to Zimbabwe in the last two years - 2001 and 2002 - although it did sell R14.3m worth of "category D" supplies to that country in 2000 in the year that that country held a troubled constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections.

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