Since the early 1990s an increasing number of governments have published national reports on arms exports. As of January 2013, 35 states had published at least one national report on arms exports since 1990, including 32 that had done so since 2009. Of the 32 states, 28 included information in their reports on arms export licences granted and 23 included information on actual arms exports.
During 2012 no state produced a national report on arms exports that had not done so previously.