The 2025 Report

Chapter 1 is dedicated to parts and components. This chapter analyses the obligations and implementation challenges of Article 4 of the ATT, which focuses on parts and components. It reviews ATT requirements and how States Parties have implemented Article 4 and presents case studies on integration and re-export of parts and components and the use of civilian parts and components in military equipment. The chapter concludes with policy recommendations to improve interpretation, implementation and cooperation under the ATT.

Chapter 2 provides an in-depth look at 2023 ATT annual reports. It examines States Parties’ compliance with Article 13.3 reporting obligations and reporting that contributes to the transparency aims and objectives of the Treaty as well as to a higher standard of transparency. Despite an increase in on-time reporting and a decrease in the number of confidential reports in 2023, the chapter shows that the proportion of meaningfully transparent reports fell.

Chapter 3 includes a summary assessment of 2024 annual reports and initial reports submitted on or before the reporting deadline of 31 May. The assessment also provides an analysis of reporting non-compliance, providing some recommendations to address challenges States Parties face in fulfilling reporting obligations.

The Annex includes country profiles for each State Party required to submit a 2023 ATT annual report. Each profile provides data on key reporting-practice metrics (public reporting, on-time reporting and withholding security information) as well as a summary of good reporting practices and areas for improvement. The profiles also contain a summary of transfers reported by each State Party, focusing on basic comparable information such as number and status of export/import partners.