Sales of pistols in the world decreased by 38%

According to these reports, arms sales in 2010 amounted to 40.4 billion dollars, actually 38% less than the sum of transactions in 2009 reached 65.2 billion koie $. How to print notices in the past year has seen very low symptom since 2003. However, the U.S. maintained a dominant position in the global arms market by signing contracts in 2010 to $ 21.3 billion. Thus, Americans owned more than fifty percent, namely 52.7% of all major transactions in trade gun, although in 2009 the sum of U.S. contracts was $ 22.6 billion. Second place in sales pistol worldwide experts in the U.S. Congress divert Russia. According to this, the amount otechesvennyh contracts in 2010 amounted to 7.8 billion USD or 19.3% of the arms market, while in 2009 this sign was higher – $ 12.8 billion, says the printed edition. For Russia following in the footsteps France, Britain, China, Germany and Italy. Weapons are generally sold to developing nations. "Overall, sales of arms in 2010 around the world have decreased because of falling global economy" – leads the print edition the words of Richard Grimmeta, one of the authors seek congressional expert on international security. According to him, power-constrained buyers a decrease in budgets and therefore made to limit or otsrachivat own purchases a gun. "Neko Powers appreciate not buy, and renovate and upgrade the system to be taking place," – explains Grimmet.