§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
To list the countries, without giving classified details, with which contracts for military equipment were signed during 1980, and which were notified to the Ministry of Defence.
§ The Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Viscount Trenchard)It has been the practice of successive Governments not to publish details of individual overseas sales of military equipment. Below is a list of countries with which contracts for military equipment were signed during 1980 and which were notified to the Ministry of Defence. As such, the list, although substantially correct, may not be completely comprehensive because not all private orders, particularly those of a minor nature, have to be notified to the Defence Sales Organisation. All exports of military equipment as defined in Group 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1978 are, of course, carefully controlled and subject to the granting of an export licence by the Department of Trade.
Algeria Kuwait Argentina Lebanon Australia Liberia Austria Libya Bangladesh Malaysia Barbados Malawi Belgium Netherlands Botswana New Zealand Brazil Nigeria Brunei Oman Canada Pakistan China Philippines Colombia Qatar Denmark Saudi Arabia Dominican Republic Singapore Ecuador Somalia Egypt South Korea Eire Spain Federal Republic of Germany Sri Lanka Finland St. Vincent France Sweden Greece Switzerland Guyana Syria India Thailand Indonesia Tunisia Iraq UAE Israel Uganda Italy USA Jamaica Venezuela Japan Yugoslavia Jordan Zimbabwe Kenya