Analysts believe that next year France will outpace Russia in this indicator.

There is at least one point to which there are no complaints on the board of Francois Hollande. Between his inauguration in 2012 and his departure in 2017, the French president increased the sales of French weapons.

Specific figures are already known. According to the Ministry of Defense, arms sales in money terms increased from 4.8 billion euros in 2012 to 6.8 billion in 2013, then to 8.2 billion in 2014, 16.

9 billion in 2015 and , Finally, to 20 billion euros in 2016, heuromag reports with reference to Challenges.

Thus, in the period from 2012 to 2016, the supply of French arms increased by 44.5%. In one 2016 year, the increase was 14%. Import in turn for the same period grew by only 10%. At the moment, France exports 5 times more weapons than imports.

The main clients of France are the EU countries (23%), Asia (22%) and even Africa (22%). The Middle East is only 16.5% of French arms exports.