36 LAW-ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS Besides leading manufacturer Brazil in Latin America, several new suppliers for nonlethal weaponry have cropped up, posing a challenge both on price and delivery. Manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere in the West are up against rivals who compete on price, payment terms and lack of parliamentary controls that often come in the way of lucrative arms exports.96 Any state or agency wishing to purchase and deploy equipment should conduct a robust and independent selection, assessment and testing regime prior to any deployment, rather than relying on company data. Table 4.2 is drawn from publicly available licensing data and photographic evidence of equipment being deployed and shows transfers of law-enforcement equipment from external sources to the region since 2001.97 Table 4.3 lists companies manufacturing law-enforcement equipment whose products are known to either be marketed in the region or transferred to end users in the states being evaluated. 96 ‘Non-lethal weapons markets seen to be growing’, UPI, 11 Sep. 2013, <http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2013/09/11/Non-lethal-weapons-markets-seento-be-growing/UPI-38561378910600/>. 97 US licensing statistics were consulted from 2001 onwards, and can be sourced via the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) annual reports to Congress.