[COAT] EXPORTS of CANSEC (May27) warshow Exhibitors

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CANSEC 2009 Exhibitors and Where they Export
By Richard Sanders, coordinator,
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
(COAT) 

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Ninety percent of the CANSEC 2009 military trade show exhibitors,
for which data is available from Industry Canada, report that they do
export their products. Of these companies, we have some detailed
information on their exports including lists of countries to which these
companies are exporting. We also have lists of countries to which CANSEC
exhibitors say they are "actively pursuing" exports.

CANSEC 2009 is Canada's largest military industry trade
show. It will be held in Ottawa, May 27-28.  The corporations
exhibiting at CANSEC are among Canada's leading exporters of military
products and services. CANSEC is organized by a lobby group representing
the vested commercial interests of 700 of Canada’s largest military
exporters. In recent years, it has received hundreds of thousands of
dollars from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(DFAIT).  These federal government grants from
DFAIT are part of the government's "Program for Export Marketing
Development" and were specifically designed to assist this military
industry association in its efforts to promote "international
trade," and the "international business
development activities" of its member corporations.
(Read more
here.)  CANSEC is the main event organized by this military
industry association. 

The export data in this table comes from an online Industry Canada
(IC) source called
"
Canadian Company Capabilities" (CCC). All of the information in
this government database is entered, maintained and updated by the
companies themselves. 

Of the 216 CANSEC exhibitors, a handful are either government
departments, foreign companies or associations.  Of the remaining
209 Canadian military-related industries, 178 (i.e., 85% of them) have
entries in IC's CCC database.  Of these 178 companies, 158 (i.e.,
just over 90%) report that they do indeed export their
products.  

Ninety two of the CANSEC exhibitors with entries in the CCC
database provide detailed lists of the countries to which they export
their products.  To view the lists of countries receiving
military exports from each of these 92 companies, click on the links
called "Export details (list of countries)" in the table
below.

Note that many of these CANSEC 2009 exhibitors produce military as well
as civilian products.

For more information on CANSEC exhibitors and their exports of specific
weapons-related products
click
here.
For more information on Canadian military exports to countries at war,
click
here.