South Korea’s arms exports increase: 13 billion dollars in 9 months, Poland is the main buyer
Overseas Network, October 28. According to the Yonhap News Agency, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sub said at an economic and livelihood emergency meeting on October 27 that in the first nine months of this year, South Korea’s arms exports have reached $ 13 billion, creating 100,000 jobs. , the production-driven effect reached 38 trillion won (about 193.1 billion yuan).
According to the Yonhap news agency, South Korea’s arms exports increased significantly this year, and the cumulative value of exports from January to September reached four times the annual average export value before 2020.
The report also pointed out that the biggest buyer of the above order is Poland, which imported weapons such as K2 main tanks, K-9 self-propelled artillery and FA-50 light attack aircraft from South Korea. , with a cumulative amount of US $ 8.8 billion. Followed by Egypt imported the K-9 self-propelled artillery (US $ 1.7 billion), the UAE imported the “Tiangong” -2 surface-to-air missile system (US $ 1.3 billion) and the Philippines imported deep sea watch ships (US $ 600 million) and so on. According to Korean media News 1, from 2017 to 2021, South Korea’s arms exports ranked eighth in the world.
