SIPRI: US and Russia remain the largest exporters of weapons

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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) presented another report about the world arms trade. It notes that the United States and Russia remain the largest exporters in this area.

Since 2004, the volume of arms trade has grown steadily, and over the 2011-2015 period, compared to the previous five-year period, it has increased by 14%, the report says. In 2011-2015, the largest exporters were the United States, Russia, China, France and Germany. These countries account for 74% of total sales in this area.

Russia in the 2011-2015 years, compared with the 2006-2010 years, increased arms exports by 28%, and its share in the global arms trade over the past five years amounted to 25%. At the same time, in 2014 and 2015, sales declined slightly, returning to the level of 2006-2010.

As follows from the report, in 2011-2015 Russia supplied weapons to 50 countries. The main buyers of Russian products are India (39%), China and Vietnam (11% each). Regionally, the export structure was dominated by Asia and Oceania, which together accounted for 2011% of supplies in 2015-68. Africa's share was 11%, the Middle East - 8,2% and Europe - 6,4%.

European sales increased by 264%, mainly due to deliveries to Azerbaijan (SIPRI classifies Azerbaijan as Europe - approx. NEWSru.com), which in the analyzed period accounted for 4,9% of the total export volume. In the previous period, 2006-2010 years, this figure was only 0,7%.

US remains the leader of the global arms trade

The United States accounts for 33% of total military exports. Over the period of 2011-2015, their shipments to other countries increased, as compared with 2006-2010, by 27%.

According to Oda Fleran, Director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Spending Program, quoted by TASS, as regional conflicts and tensions continue to increase, the United States remains the leader of the global arms trade, with a serious margin from the rest. In the past five years, America has sold or donated the main types of weapons to 96 states, and its military industry has a large portfolio of orders, which include the delivery of nine F-611 fighter-bombers to nine states, the expert noted.

In 2011-2015, China’s military exports showed an increase in 2006% compared to 2010-88 over the years and outpaced France’s exports, which, on the contrary, fell by 9,8%. At the same time, last year the country entered into a number of major military contracts, including two confirmed for the supply of multi-purpose Rafale fighter jets. In Germany, military exports in the same period decreased by half.

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