U.S. to curb civilian firearm exports

The U.S. Department of Commerce is to restrict the sale of firearms to non-government entities in high-risk countries, to reduce the risk of exports contributing to higher rates of global gun crime

U.S. SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM EXPORTS, 2005-2022 (000s) 

Thailand 795
Other 545
Philippines 524 
Canada 328
Saudi Arabia 328 
Belgium 134
Mexico 125
Italy 83
Germany 80
Guatemala 76
Brazil 75
Israel 74
Australia 73 
France 70
UAE 67
South Africa 50 
South Korea 50
Switzerland 48
Peru  47
Costa Rica 45 
India 43
Turkey 42
Tunisia 41
El Salvador 38
Paraguay 37
Poland 37
Ukraine 37


CUMULATIVE VOLUME OF U.S. SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM EXPORTS, 2005-2022 (000s)

Total U.S. semi- automatic weapon exports* 3.7m
                        50 50
4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0


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*2005-2022 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Sources: U.S. Dept of Commerce, Bloomberg, Reuters
Picture: Sig Sauer
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