Market Overview. The Zimbabwean market has significantly deteriorated over the years as the willingness of major arms exporting nations to supply the Mugabe regime has precipitously declined. Zimbabwean arms deliveries from 1980 to 1990 are estimated at $480 million, with arms deliveries from 1991 to 2000 valued at $130 million and total arms deliveries between 2001 and 2007 estimated at less than $65 million. Motivated by such factors as arms embargoes, Zimbabwe's lack of hard currency, and humanitarian considerations, the international arms market has largely shunned Zimbabwe. Still, the Zimbabwean market continues to provide opportunities for those nations willing to operate in its highly unfavorable business and political climates, as demonstrated by recent arms sales from China, Libya, and Ukraine.
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