<- Hard dé e: 0.041708946228027 sec -> New orders arms exports rose 43% in 2013 and amounted to EUR 6.87 billion, according to a study published in the during the Summer of Defense, held in Bordeaux.
“In 2013, the order intake for export arms were up 43%, or 6.87 billion euros of orders, “said the study by the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Industries Council (CIDEF) with McKinsey & amp cabinet; Co.
“This represents 30% more than the average from 2002 to 2012,” she adds
The study notes. also that “more than 40,000 jobs (are) generated by defense exports, nearly 25% of jobs” in the sector.
She emphasizes that about 27,500 direct and indirect jobs and 11,000 to 13,000 induced jobs are “associated with 3.81 billion euros of equipment delivered in 2013.”
“In addition, the study added, in 2013, 669 French companies exported military equipment, including more than half are SMEs “.
Without arms exports,” the deficit of the trade balance would have been 5 to 8 percentage points higher each year (during) the period 2008-13, “says the study.
The French defense industry generates a turnover of more than EUR 17 billion for 165,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the ministry report.
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