Land Mine - Manufacturers

Manufacturers

The ICBL has identified the following countries as manufacturing land mines as of August 2004. None are signatories of the Ottawa Treaty.

• Burma (Myanmar)
• People's Republic of China
• Cuba
• India
• Iran
• Iraq (although production had presumably ceased since the invasion of 2003)
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Pakistan
• Russian Federation
• Singapore
• Vietnam

Of other states which are thought to have manufactured mines recently:

• Egypt has unofficially stated that production ceased in 1988.
• South Korea has stated that no mines have been produced since 2000.
• An official from China stated in September 2003 that production has ceased there, since they have an ample stockpile.
• In March 2004, a Libyan official stated that the country has never produced anti-personnel mines, but is known to have laid land mines in the 1970s and 1980s. More recently, during the civil war in March 2011, Gaddafi's forces have sown mines around rebel-controlled areas.
• A United Nations assessment mission to Peru reported that production of land mines in the country ceased in January 1999. Peru was one of the original signatories and the treaty came into force for them in March 1999.
• Denmark had officially declared having 6 factories producing land mines in 1995 but production ceased since ratification of the Ottawa treaty.
• The United States stopped manufacturing land mines in 1997, but has one of the largest stockpiles.