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