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ATF occasionally issues publications to inform the industries it regulates and the general public about the laws and regulations administered and enforced by ATF. These include guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, studies, and reports.

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Report 2017 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 282.26 KB]

Queries of the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) were used to determine which firearms were reported in Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Thefts/Losses. This information was extracted from the FTS on Jan. 3, 2018.

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Firearms
Report 2018 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 745.5 KB]

Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Theft/Loss Report - Data Source: Firearms Tracing System (FTS) - January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

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Firearms
Report 2015 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 849.16 KB]

2015 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

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Firearms
Report 2014 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 791.76 KB]

2014 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

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Firearms
Report 2012 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 659.48 KB]

2012 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

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Firearms
Report 2013 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report [PDF - 541.36 KB]

2013 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

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Firearms
Report 2022 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 2.53 MB]

2022 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2021 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 2.21 MB]

2021 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2020 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 2.15 MB]

2020 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2023 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 2.81 MB]

2023 - Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2021 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 2.2 MB]

The  Annual Explosives Incident Report (EIR) reviews bombing and  explosives related incidents  from information reported to the United  States  Bomb Data Center (USBDC) through the Bomb  Arson  Tracking  System (BATS) and  Open-Source information through  TRIPwire.   

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Explosives
Report 2021 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 1.39 MB]

2021 Firearms Commerce Report in the United States.

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Firearms
Report 2019 - Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.82 MB]

2019 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2020 Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 1.99 MB]

The  Annual Explosives Incident Report (EIR) reviews bombing and  explosives related incidents  from information reported to the United  States  Bomb Data Center (USBDC) through the Bomb  Arson  Tracking  System (BATS) and  Open-Source information through  TRIPwire.   

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Explosives
Report 2012 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 811.16 KB]

All federally licensed manufacturers of firearms and destructive devices (Federal Firearms License types 07 and 10) are required to submit a production report of manufacturing and export activity to ATF by April 1 of each year. ATF compiles the submitted data and releases it each January, with a one-year delay to comply with the Trade Secrets Act.

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Firearms
Report 2010 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 555.66 KB]

All federally licensed manufacturers of firearms and destructive devices (Federal Firearms License types 07 and 10) are required to submit a production report of manufacturing and export activity to ATF by April 1 of each year. ATF compiles the submitted data and releases it each January, with a one-year delay to comply with the Trade Secrets Act.

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Firearms
Report 2017 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.45 MB]

2017 - Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2019 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 874.03 KB]

2019 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Report 2018 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 2.78 MB]

2018 Explosives Incident Report (EIR)

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Explosives
Report 2014 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.09 MB]

2014 - Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2023 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 3.25 MB]

The annual EIR reviews bombing and explosives related incidents from information reported to the USBDC through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) and OpenSource information collected through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP), Technical Resource for Incident Protection (TRIPwire).   

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Explosives
Report 2023 - Arson Incident Report (AIR) [PDF - 1.81 MB]

The AIR reviews arson-related incidents from data reported to the USBDC through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS). 

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Arson
Report 2018 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.63 MB]

2018 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2016 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.28 MB]

2016 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2015 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.24 MB]

2015 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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