Russia’s state arms exporter said Wednesday that its order portfolio stood at $34 billion as of June 1.
Rosoboronexport delivered $6.5 billion worth of weaponry to foreign
customers in the first half of this year, deputy head Igor Sevastyanov
announced, adding that the current order portfolio included contracts
with 67 countries.
Russia, which last year sold $15.2 billion worth of weaponry, is the world’s No. 2 arms exporter, behind the United States.
Sevastyanov added that his company was in talks regarding contracts
worth a total of more than $80 billion. But it was not immediately clear
in what time frame those contracts could be concluded.
Russia’s main arms customers are India, Algeria, China, Venezuela,
Malaysia and Syria. Vietnam also emerged as a significant purchaser in
2010, when it signed a deal to buy submarines, aircraft and other
military hardware.
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