China entered the list of five largest exporters of arms

Almaty. March 16. Silkroadnews - China became the fifth largest arms exporter, reported Russian media.
"Russia ranked second on arms exports in 2010-2014, the leader in sales of arms is United States. The third place in terms of sold arms took (in 2010-2014) took China, and now its weapon market share is 5%",- says the publication with reference to the annual report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2015 .
The share of Russia in the arms market was 27%, while exports incremented in four years by 37%. Russian weapons was acquired by 56 countries, 60% of transactions fell to India, China and Algeria.
US arms exports increased by 23%. The share of the United States in the global arms trade was 31%, buyers were 94 countries, for the Middle East accounted 32% of the sold weapons. The main clients of US were South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.
The fourth and fifth places took Germany (5%) and France (5%).
The leading position in the list still takes India (15% share of world imports), followed by Saudi Arabia (5%), China (5%), the United Arab Emirates (4%) and Pakistan (4%).
In general, over the last ten years have seen increased arms shipments to Africa, the Americas, Asia, Oceania and the Middle East, decreased supplies to Europe.
The next report of SIPRI, dedicated to the world's military spending, which will be released on April 13, 2015. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI was established in 1966 and is an independent think-tank dedicated to research conflicts, weapons, arms control and disarmament.