Excerpt from report in English by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN web site

Moscow: The Russian federal unitary enterprise
Rosoboroneksport which specializes in the export of defence hardware will supply nearly 5bn dollars worth of products to other countries in 2004, says a company press release circulated on Thursday [4 November]. “The portfolio of orders to be executed before 2007 exceeds 12bn dollars,” it
said. The company sells defence hardware to over 60 countries, the report said.

Rosoboroneksport has 43 permanent offices abroad and plans to open new offices in Belgium, Myanmar and Uganda, it said. China and India remain Rosoboroneksport’s chief markets, it said. “While maintaining strategic partnership with these countries, the enterprise is trying to expand the
geography of its exports. Against the background of a noticeable increase in trade with such promising Southeast Asian countries as Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, there are signs of improvement in numerous Middle Eastern and African countries. Determined marketing efforts have resulted in the start of trade in Latin American markets,” said the report. [Passage omitted]

Source: Interfax-AVN military news agency web site, Moscow, in English
1052 gmt 4 Nov 04