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AFMD-82-34 1 (1982-05-03)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On

Defense, Committee On Appropriations,

House Of Representatives

OF THE UNITED STATES





Review Of Pricing Of Silver Sold

Under The Foreign Military Sales Program





In j qst the last 4 fiscal years, the Department
of [efense provided contractors with about
11 nillion troy ounces of reclaimed silver for
use in the production of Defense and foreign
military sales items.
When the reclaimed silver was used to pro-
duoe items such as batteries, and the bat-
teries were sold to foreign countries, De-
fense charged only the cost of reclaiming
the! silver instead of the market value as
req ,ired by law. At just three Defense loca-
tio rs, GAO found over $2.3 million of silver
unc erpricing in batteries that foreign gov-
ernments had either bought or ordered.

GA   and Defense auditors have issued
over 40 reports on Defense's poor pricing
practices, but the failure to recover all
recuired costs continues. GAO recom-
me ds ways to help recover the market
val Je of silver and improve pricing practices
for the sales program.


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