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<p>On a rolling 10-year basis, the UK remains the second largest global defence exporter
and in 2018, the UK won defence orders worth £14 billion. The Department of International
Trade, Defence & Security Exports publishes annually on GOV.UK, those defence
and security export statistics that relate to sales to overseas ministries of defence
and associated armed services.</p><p> </p><p>Over the same 10-year period, open source
data published by the Department for International Trade on GOV.UK indicates that
the UK was the 12th biggest defence importer but the Government does not collect official
data on the import of defence equipment by global region.</p>
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