<p>India's weapons procurement from the United States jumped from meagre $6.2 million to a whopping $3.4-billion in the final year of the Donald Trump administration, according to official data.</p>.<p>The jump in sale of American weapons to India comes at a time when sale of weapons from the US to other countries has dipped to $50.8 billion in 2020 from $55.7 billion 2019.</p>.<p>In 2019, the sale of US weapons to foreign countries was $55.7 billion, according to data from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In 2017, the sale of US weapons to other countries was $41.9 billion.</p>.<p>According to the statistics released by the DSCA, major buyers of American weapons in 2020 were India ($3.4 billion up from $6.2 million in fiscal year 2019), Morocco ($4.5 billion up from $12.4 million), Poland ($4.7 billion up from $673 million), Singapore ($1.3 billion up from $137 million), Taiwan ($11.8 billion up from $876 million), and the United Arab Emirates ($3.6 billion up from $1.1 billion).</p>.<p>Several countries reported drop in purchase of weapons from the US.</p>.<p>Prominent among them were Saudi Arabia which came down from $14.9 billion in 2019 to $1.2 billion in 2020, Afghanistan ($1.1 billion down from $1.6 billion), Belgium ($41.8 million down from $5.5 billion), Iraq ($368 million down from $1.4 billion), and South Korea ($2.1 billion down from $2.7 billion).</p>.<p>According to the 2020 edition of the Historical Sales Book, India purchased weapons worth $754.4 million in 2017 and $282 million in 2018. Between 1950 and 2020, US sale of weapons to India under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) category was $12.8 billion.</p>.<p>For Pakistan, the official figures reflected that sale of weapons under FMS did happen, even though there was a freeze in any military and security assistance to Islamabad from the Trump Administration.</p>.<p>In 2020, US sale of weapons to Pakistan was $146 million, in 2018 it was $65 million and in 2017 it was $22 million.</p>.<p>In 2019, there was no sale of US military weapons to Pakistan. In fact, the US refunded $10.8 million to Pakistan, taken for the purchase of weapons.</p>.<p>Between 1950 and 2020, Pakistan purchased weapons worth $10 billion from the US under FMS.</p>.<p>However, the total supply of American military weapons to Pakistan is much more, as a major chunk of weapons to Pakistan has gone from United States as military and security assistance.</p>.<p>According to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Clarke Cooper, fiscal 2020 saw a total of $175.8 billion in US government-authorised arms exports. This is overall a 2.8 per cent increase since fiscal year 2019.</p>.<p>The overall value of State Department-authorised government-to-government FMS cases implemented by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency decreased 8.3 per cent from USD55.39 billion in Fiscal Year 2019 to USD50.78 billion in Fiscal Year 2020.</p>.<p>“The dollar value of potential FMS sales, formally notified to Congress, also rose by more than 50 per cent from $58.33 billion to $87.64 billion. This was driven by the July potential sale of $23.11 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Japan, which was the second largest single FMS notification ever authorised by the Department of State,” Cooper said.</p>.<p>The Direct Commercial Sales (DCS), which is the Department of State-authorised commercial export licenses, totalled USD124.3 billion in fiscal year 2020, and this was up from USD114.7 billion in fiscal year 2019, he said.</p>.<p>“This represented an 8.4 per cent increase. This total value covers authorisations of hardware, defense services, and technical data. The total number of licences issued decreased by 20-per cent from 36,111 in Fiscal Year 2019 to 28,800 in Fiscal Year 2020,” Cooper said.</p>.<p>The top commercial DCS notified to Congress in Fiscal Year 2020 included an $8.39 billion sale to Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for F-35 components.</p>.<p>This also included a $3.2 billion sale to Australia for P-8 aircraft parts, and a $2.48 billion sale to United Kingdom and Australia for E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Cooper said. </p>
<p>India's weapons procurement from the United States jumped from meagre $6.2 million to a whopping $3.4-billion in the final year of the Donald Trump administration, according to official data.</p>.<p>The jump in sale of American weapons to India comes at a time when sale of weapons from the US to other countries has dipped to $50.8 billion in 2020 from $55.7 billion 2019.</p>.<p>In 2019, the sale of US weapons to foreign countries was $55.7 billion, according to data from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In 2017, the sale of US weapons to other countries was $41.9 billion.</p>.<p>According to the statistics released by the DSCA, major buyers of American weapons in 2020 were India ($3.4 billion up from $6.2 million in fiscal year 2019), Morocco ($4.5 billion up from $12.4 million), Poland ($4.7 billion up from $673 million), Singapore ($1.3 billion up from $137 million), Taiwan ($11.8 billion up from $876 million), and the United Arab Emirates ($3.6 billion up from $1.1 billion).</p>.<p>Several countries reported drop in purchase of weapons from the US.</p>.<p>Prominent among them were Saudi Arabia which came down from $14.9 billion in 2019 to $1.2 billion in 2020, Afghanistan ($1.1 billion down from $1.6 billion), Belgium ($41.8 million down from $5.5 billion), Iraq ($368 million down from $1.4 billion), and South Korea ($2.1 billion down from $2.7 billion).</p>.<p>According to the 2020 edition of the Historical Sales Book, India purchased weapons worth $754.4 million in 2017 and $282 million in 2018. Between 1950 and 2020, US sale of weapons to India under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) category was $12.8 billion.</p>.<p>For Pakistan, the official figures reflected that sale of weapons under FMS did happen, even though there was a freeze in any military and security assistance to Islamabad from the Trump Administration.</p>.<p>In 2020, US sale of weapons to Pakistan was $146 million, in 2018 it was $65 million and in 2017 it was $22 million.</p>.<p>In 2019, there was no sale of US military weapons to Pakistan. In fact, the US refunded $10.8 million to Pakistan, taken for the purchase of weapons.</p>.<p>Between 1950 and 2020, Pakistan purchased weapons worth $10 billion from the US under FMS.</p>.<p>However, the total supply of American military weapons to Pakistan is much more, as a major chunk of weapons to Pakistan has gone from United States as military and security assistance.</p>.<p>According to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Clarke Cooper, fiscal 2020 saw a total of $175.8 billion in US government-authorised arms exports. This is overall a 2.8 per cent increase since fiscal year 2019.</p>.<p>The overall value of State Department-authorised government-to-government FMS cases implemented by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency decreased 8.3 per cent from USD55.39 billion in Fiscal Year 2019 to USD50.78 billion in Fiscal Year 2020.</p>.<p>“The dollar value of potential FMS sales, formally notified to Congress, also rose by more than 50 per cent from $58.33 billion to $87.64 billion. This was driven by the July potential sale of $23.11 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Japan, which was the second largest single FMS notification ever authorised by the Department of State,” Cooper said.</p>.<p>The Direct Commercial Sales (DCS), which is the Department of State-authorised commercial export licenses, totalled USD124.3 billion in fiscal year 2020, and this was up from USD114.7 billion in fiscal year 2019, he said.</p>.<p>“This represented an 8.4 per cent increase. This total value covers authorisations of hardware, defense services, and technical data. The total number of licences issued decreased by 20-per cent from 36,111 in Fiscal Year 2019 to 28,800 in Fiscal Year 2020,” Cooper said.</p>.<p>The top commercial DCS notified to Congress in Fiscal Year 2020 included an $8.39 billion sale to Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for F-35 components.</p>.<p>This also included a $3.2 billion sale to Australia for P-8 aircraft parts, and a $2.48 billion sale to United Kingdom and Australia for E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Cooper said. </p>