Chapter 1 - Finance
                         
Table 1.13 Estimates of Identified Export Orders: Defence Equipment & Services
This table provides data on identified export orders of defence equipment and services. These are taken from the annual survey of known defence contractors conducted by the Defence and Security Organisation within UK Trade & Industry (UKTI).

The data in this table are outside the scope of National Statistics because they do not meet all of the high professional quality assurance standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Current Prices (£ million)
  1995   1997   2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1 2008
Identified Export Orders for Defence Equipment and Services2 4 970   5 540   5 041 4 882 4 546 3 989 5 527 9 651   4 357
                         
Split by Equipment Type:
                        
                         
Air Sector
 3 456   3 193   3 553 3 526 3 199 2 491 4 133 7 525   2 940
Land Sector
 535   656   509 303 475 584 670 762   447
Sea Sector
 71   368   464 252 209 369 280 1 017   355
Not Specified
 908   1 323   515 801 663 546 444 347   615
Source: UKTI Defence and Security Organisation
1. The large increase in the 2007 export orders figures can be attributed to a large order from Saudi Arabia for Typhoon aircraft (valued initially at £4.4 billion),
    and orders from Oman and Trinidad and Tobago for offshore patrol vessels.
2. Figures for export orders are taken from the UKTI DSO survey of known Defence Contractors. It should be noted that export orders can subsequently be
    cancelled, prolonged or changed at any time in the future after the initial order has been placed.