MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax-AVN) - The volume of the Russian state defense order in the naval sector guarantees the Russian shipbuilding industry's stable development even if naval hardware exports go down, says a report by the Expert Council of the Chairman of the Russian Governmental Military-Industrial Commission circulated at a forum dealing with Russia's shipbuilding and navigation on Thursday.
"In the past 10 years, Russia has marketed 13 surface ships worth $7.9 billion, which makes our country first in terms of the value of the contracts and fifth in terms of the number of ships sold," the report says.
At the same time, the experts concluded that ships with a water displacement of 1,000 tonnes or less will be most in demand on the market in the foreseeable future, while Russia has so far sold larger ships with a water displacement of at least 1,400 tonnes.