UK is world's second largest arms exporter, thanks to West Asia

The UK won defense orders worth £11 billion ($14.2 billion) in 2019, keeping its place as the world’s largest exporter after the US.

The year was Britain’s second-best ever, behind a record £14 billion won in 2018, according to figures from the Department for International Trade. The country’s market share was about 16 per cent, compared with 47 per cent for the US, while Russia and France follow with 11 per cent and 10 per cent respectively.

UK business remained strong “despite no major platform orders in 2019,” the state department said. Major orders in the past decade have included Eurofighter Typhoon