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ABS firearm import figures into Australia

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for firearm imports into Australia over the past ten years.

9301000001
Military weapons (excl revolvers, pistols, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereof).
  9302000002
Revolvers and pistols (excl explosive charge, springs, air and gas-operated).
  Quantity Value AUS$     Quantity Value AUS$
JAN 1988- JUN 1988 141 15307   JAN 1988- JUN 1988 4037 1214030
FIN YR 1988-1989 2039 59905   FIN YR 1988- 1989 5974 1453656
FIN YR 1989- 1990 4628 794613   FIN YR 1989- 1990 5944 2097423
FIN YR 1990- 1991 1418 1309577   FIN YR 1990- 1991 6909 2189944
FIN YR 1991- 1992 3069 8739224   FIN YR 1991- 1992 8491 2734985
FIN YR 1992- 1993 10346 427277   FIN YR 1992- 1993 7133 2820156
FIN YR 1993- 1994 25978 1341020   FIN YR 1993- 1994 9226 3286687
FIN YR 1994- 1995 1160 39163866   FIN YR 1994- 1995 11697 3536360
FIN YR 1995- 1996 1658 670344   FIN YR 1995- 1996 10417 3208502
FIN YR 1996- 1997 512 932033   FIN YR 1996- 1997 5702 2109019
FIN YR 1997- 1998 398 13808927   FIN YR 1997- 1998 11080 4341124
             
9303100003
Muzzleloading firearms which operate by the firing of an explosive charge.
  9303200004
Sporting, hunting or target shooting shotguns and combination shotgun rifles (excl muzzleloading) which operate by the firing of an explosive charge.
  Quantity Value AUS$     Quantity Value AUS$
JAN 1988- JUN 1988 26 8933   JAN 1988 - JUN 1988 5395 932682
FIN YR 1988- 1989 42 8350   FIN YR 1988- 1989 15613 2917528
FIN YR 1989- 1990 905 62099   FIN YR 1989- 1990 13697 3786667
FIN YR 1990- 1991 165 43560   FIN YR 1990- 1991 19633 4399807
FIN YR 1991- 1992 100 34531   FIN YR 1991- 1992 13562 3633570
FIN YR 1992- 1993 179 48137   FIN YR 1992- 1993 7850 3255423
FIN YR 1993- 1994 85 20197   FIN YR 1993- 1994 6887 3016253
FIN YR 1994- 1995 194 53178   FIN YR 1994- 1995 13287 3714686
FIN YR 1995- 1996 450 87601   FIN YR 1995- 1996 9403 3790206
FIN YR 1996- 1997 70 74976   FIN YR 1996- 1997 37561 21401097
FIN YR 1997- 1998 143 42895   FIN YR 1996- 1998 10180 6340275
             
9303300005
Sporting, hunting or target shooting rifles (excl shotguns and combination shotgun rifles, muzzleloading firearms).
  9303900006
Firearms (excl muzzleloading and sporting) and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge.
  Quantity Value AUS$     Quantity Value AUS$
JAN 1988- JUN 1988 9174 1685440   JAN 1988- JUN 1988 4592 230588
FIN YR 1988- 1989 29915 3960734   FIN YR 1988- 1989 7698 464898
FIN YR 1989- 1990 37581 5499062   FIN YR 1989- 1990 7179 522745
FIN YR 1990- 1991 45133 6813450   FIN YR 1990- 1991 4998 457769
FIN YR 1991- 1992 23252 5076277   FIN YR 1991- 1992 4740 347746
FIN YR 1992- 1993 20898 5413761   FIN YR 1992- 1993 3023 466774
FIN YR 1993- 1994 16815 4491767   FIN YR 1993- 1994 4060 712219
FIN YR 1994- 1995 23767 6273590   FIN YR 1994- 1995 3577 593011
FIN YR 1995- 1996 23232 6407235   FIN YR 1995- 1996 4410 396217
FIN YR 1996- 1997 45582 11595083   FIN YR 1996- 1997 3434 513265
FIN YR 1997- 1998 13081 4140594   FIN YR 1997- 1998 3922 1438248

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