With € 6.7 billion of new orders in 2013, exports of French weapons jumped 43% compared to 2012 More than 40,000 jobs are generated by the sector. Brittany does well in the game. State of Play
arms exports do not know the crisis. “Social, economic and technological benefits of our exports of defense”: Jean-Yves Le Drian board on this topic today in Bordeaux, under the Summer Universities of Defense. A subject he loves. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE: Jean-Yves Le Drian has made no less than 100,000 kilometers, dozens of trips to support the defense industry “made in France”. This has obviously paid off. “The Minister is not intended to substitute for manufacturers. It is not intended to replace the commercial, “insists one in his entourage. His method: the dialogue must be primarily political. The armament sector ranks second in the hit parade of goods exported by France. 40% of products were exported to the Middle East. The impact is economic: without arms exports, the deficit of the trade balance would have been five to eight points higher over the period 2008-2013.
700 SMEs Brittany
In total, more than 40,000 direct and indirect jobs that are generated by exports weapons, or by department, nearly 25% of jobs in the defense industry. In 2013, 669 French companies exported military equipment, including more than half are SMEs. Another observation: French exports generate employment throughout the country they help stimulate mainly seven major employment areas in France. Brittany is one of those trucks. Between 5-10% of the jobs would be generated in the region by defense exports. There are leading companies like DCNS, Thales. But many SMEs and ETI work for these large groups. DCNS is working many suppliers around the bases of Brest, Lorient and Toulon. More than 700 SMEs and suppliers are involved in the export of products DCNS Bretagne-Pays-de-la-Loire. According to the department, the investment of French defense has maintained a critical threshold preserving jobs with high added value and above can not be relocated. Furthermore, the use of defense articles by the French armies allows the ministry to “the credibility and to promote exports.” One last point: innovation and skills developed through the leadership of the defense “are the guarantors of maintaining technological leadership of France, including in the civilian sector.”
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