# Arms Exports (SIPRI Trend Indicator Values)
- **The Arms Exports (SIPRI Trend Indicator Values)** is an indicator developed by the **Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)** to measure the volume of international arms transfers, including **sales, aid, gifts, and transfers through manufacturing licenses**.
- It focuses on **major conventional weapons** such as **aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and military-use ships**, while excluding **small arms, light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and services**.
- The values are expressed in **SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs)** in **US dollars (US$ million)**, with a **'0'** indicating that the value of deliveries is less than **US$0.5 million**.
- The chart displays the values of arms exports for **China** in **US dollars (US$ million)** over a **23-year period, from 2000 to 2022**.