China boosts arms exports, according to SIPRI report by 88 percent – SPIEGEL ONLINE

China has between 2011 and 2015 significantly more weapons exported than before. The arms exports of the country have increased by 88 percent compared to the previous four years, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI in a report.

This means that China increased its global market share to just under six percent. “China is expanding its military capabilities with imported and domestically produced weapons”, said SIPRI expert Siemon Wezeman. Most Chinese armaments went to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Seen

Also globally took the arms trade in the past four years compared to the period between 2006 and 2010 to: the volume increased by 14 percent. Leading exporter are therefore still the USA with a global market share of 33 percent, Russian exports account for a quarter of. Followed by China with 5.9 and France 5.6 percent. Germany are international in exports ranked fifth. Together, these five countries around three quarters of international arms exports.

demand in the Middle East increased significantly

Most of the weapons (14 percent) while continuing to come to India. Growth was particularly strong demand in the last four years, however, in the Middle East to write the peace researcher. “A coalition of Arab states is mainly from the US and Europe originated weapons in Yemen a” said SIPRI expert Pieter Wezeman which carries the same surname as his colleague Siemon. The region led between 2011 and 2015 compared to the period between 2006 and 2010 almost two-thirds more weapons.

Saudi Arabia increased its imports, according to SIPRI report in this period by 275 percent in the United Arab Emirates, the arms shipments increased by 35 percent. In neighboring Qatar imports rose by 279 percent: With helicopters, Verteidungssystemen, tankers and fighter planes of the desert state build its arsenal of massive, the Stockholm researchers reported.

In Africa, took the arms trade between 2011 and 2015 by about a fifth to. Biggest Importers stayed there Algeria and Morocco. Egypt led to the lifting of a partial arms embargo, a total of 37 percent more weapons. “2014 and 2015 signed Egypt several major deals for weapons from France, Germany and Russia,” it said in the SIPRI report.