War materiel exports 2020: Swiss war industry hits all-time high – News – SRF
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In 2020, Swiss companies exported war material to 62 countries for 901.2 million Swiss francs.
This is demonstrated by the latest figures from the Secretary of State for the Dry Economy.
This corresponds to an increase of 24 per cent compared to the previous year and a share of 0.3 per cent in the total export of goods in the Swiss economy.
The export of war material increased from 173.2 million francs to 901.2 million francs compared to the previous year.
The increase is mainly due to increased business with Denmark, Indonesia, Botswana and Romania. The main deals in the reporting period were the export of wheeled armored vehicles to Denmark (154.7 million), the delivery of air defense systems to Indonesia (111.3 million), and the export of wheeled armored vehicles. to Botswana (84.9 million) and Romania (58.7 million). ).
If the categories of war material are analyzed, in 2020 37.5 percent were armored vehicles and 22.5 percent were ammunition and ammunition components. 16.9% corresponded to fire control systems, 11.6% to weapons of any caliber and 4.1% to components of combat aircraft.
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