Australian law enforcement handgun import figures
Australian Bureau of Statistics
16 March 1999
Below is a table of handgun imports into Australia, the green highlight identifies the import of handguns from Austria - for both the NSW Police Service and the Queensland Police Service. Remove these large imports of "police" handguns and you will determine that the import of handguns into Australia over the last three years has almost halved.
The New South Wales Police Service was granted Contract No. 970/1142 for the importation and purchase of 13,000 Glock Model 23 and Model 27 pistols at a price of A$ 351.00 each in March 1997. The contract is for a three year period terminating in March 2000.
The Queensland Police Service granted a contract No. E540 for the importation and purchase of 6,000 Glock pistols at a similar price to the NSW Police, in April 1998. The QLD contract is for a three year period.
The Customs tariff number for handguns is 9302000002
There is no difference in the tariff between law enforcement and domestic handguns.
| Handgun import by Country to various Australian states | ||||
| Country | State | Calendar year | Number | Value $A |
| Argentina | QLD | 1997 | 2 | 474 |
| NSW | 1997 | 1 | 850 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 1 | 6000 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 1 | 400 | |
| Austria | NSW | 1997 | 3519 | 1262695 |
| NSW | 1998 | 5564 | 2031509 | |
| VIC | 1997 | 1 | 1197 | |
| VIC | 1998 | 1 | 1556 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 2516 | 923302 | |
| SA | 1996 | 451 | 218718 | |
| SA | 1997 | 334 | 160243 | |
| SA | 1998 | 328 | 81087 | |
| TAS | 1997 | 245 | 109692 | |
| NT | 1996 | 33 | 18179 | |
| NT | 1997 | 4 | 2114 | |
| NT | 1998 | 113 | 59140 | |
| Belgium | NSW | 1996 | 9 | 4191 |
| NSW | 1997 | 1 | 744 | |
| Brazil | NSW | 1996 | 295 | 67177 |
| NSW | 1997 | 42 | 9229 | |
| Canada | NSW | 1996 | 62 | 5368 |
| QLD | 1996 | 295 | 132687 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 98 | 73611 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 78 | 51299 | |
| WA | 1996 | 30 | 1120 | |
| China | NSW | 1996 | 200 | 37247 |
| NSW | 1997 | 100 | 17647 | |
| NSW | 1998 | 800 | 96722 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 95 | 9515 | |
| Czech Republic | NSW | 1996 | 11 | 340 |
| NSW | 1997 | 5 | 880 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 199 | 71925 | |
| VIC | 1998 | 159 | 5447 | |
| France | NSW | 1996 | 12 | 7680 |
| QLD | 1996 | 26 | 25554 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 10 | 9204 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 8 | 10096 | |
| Germany | NSW | 1996 | 45 | 40179 |
| NSW | 1997 | 16 | 8255 | |
| NSW | 1998 | 65 | 50055 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 135 | 82291 | |
| VIC | 1997 | 11 | 14011 | |
| VIC | 1998 | 44 | 142375 | |
| QLD | 1996 | 7 | 7841 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 9 | 19137 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 79 | 50176 | |
| SA | 1996 | 10 | 10013 | |
| SA | 1997 | 6 | 5615 | |
| SA | 1998 | 74 | 33841 | |
| WA | 1996 | 10 | 7173 | |
| Hong Kong | WA | 1998 | 12 | 6158 |
| NT | 1996 | 100 | 55700 | |
| NT | 1997 | 4 | 1972 | |
| Hungary | NSW | 1996 | 2 | 330 |
| Israel | NSW | 1996 | 15 | 7826 |
| VIC | 1996 | 8 | 2526 | |
| QLD | 1996 | 122 | 70027 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 34 | 28333 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 36 | 24815 | |
| Italy | NSW | 1996 | 245 | 77846 |
| NSW | 1997 | 169 | 70223 | |
| NSW | 1998 | 37 | 30782 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 148 | 34581 | |
| VIC | 1997 | 31 | 10550 | |
| VIC | 1998 | 35 | 4127 | |
| QLD | 1996 | 21 | 3320 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 180 | 121610 | |
| SA | 1996 | 96 | 49685 | |
| SA | 1997 | 40 | 26124 | |
| SA | 1998 | 3 | 3654 | |
| WA | 1996 | 164 | 61230 | |
| WA | 1997 | 100 | 38580 | |
| ACT | 1997 | 2 | 1776 | |
| Korea | NSW | 1996 | 4 | 513 |
| New Zealand | VIC | 1996 | 1 | 221 |
| QLD | 1998 | 1 | 1060 | |
| Papua New Guinea | VIC | 1997 | 3 | 8831 |
| Philippines | QLD | 1996 | 1500 | 60778 |
| Russia Federation | NSW | 1996 | 40 | 2362 |
| NSW | 1998 | 10 | 732 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 39 | 9458 | |
| Spain | NSW | 1996 | 34 | 5094 |
| QLD | 1996 | 45 | 12369 | |
| SA | 1996 | 14 | 4130 | |
| SA | 1997 | 45 | 10624 | |
| SA | 1998 | 22 | 6188 | |
| Sweden | VIC | 1996 | 6 | 1537 |
| United Kingdom | NSW | 1997 | 2 | 650 |
| VIC | 1997 | 62 | 70900 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 17 | 4503 | |
| SA | 1996 | 2 | 1788 | |
| SA | 1998 | 55 | 26430 | |
| WA | 1996 | 3 | 1950 | |
| WA | 1997 | 10 | 1084 | |
| USA | NSW | 1996 | 3281 | 1029106 |
| NSW | 1997 | 1163 | 414142 | |
| NSW | 1998 | 1384 | 533014 | |
| VIC | 1996 | 57 | 14219 | |
| VIC | 1997 | 19 | 9547 | |
| VIC | 1998 | 37 | 28954 | |
| QLD | 1996 | 1288 | 379168 | |
| QLD | 1997 | 894 | 323827 | |
| QLD | 1998 | 1043 | 253950 | |
| SA | 1996 | 452 | 137236 | |
| SA | 1997 | 130 | 52614 | |
| SA | 1998 | 67 | 38594 | |
| WA | 1997 | 1 | 530 | |
| ACT | 1996 | 23 | 7792 | |
| ACT | 1997 | 9 | 4818 | |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics Figures | ||||
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