New law on arms production expected to lead to foreign investments in military industry
– They won't be able to be majority owners, but will be allowed to have an ownership of up to 49%. A lot of foreign investors are already looking to have negotiations with us. There's interest by companies from China, USA, Italy and other countries to come to Serbia and for us to open joint companies, as well as for them to enter the ownership structure of the current companies within the arms industry – Djordjevic said.
He said that it had been concluded at the Economic Development Council of Serbia that one of the important segments for the development of economy in Serbia was the development of the arms industry and added that 804 new workers should be employed in 2017 in the arms industry.
– We ended the year 2016 with USD 483 million in export. For the sake of comparison, the export in 2012 amounted to USD 153 million. The export has been growing year by year and we hope that, realistically, it will amount to USD 510 million in 2017, and we expect that, if we implement all the planned investments, it might even by higher by 20% – the minister said.
According to him, all factories within the arms industry are now in the black and are meeting their obligations towards the state regularly.
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