Swiss War Materiel and Arms Exports

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Maxon exports to Israel and Erdoğan’s Turkey

Goods category: Special military goods

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Kremlin, 05.03.2020; cropped image.

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In 2016, Maxon Motor received export licences for special military goods in category ML4 worth 7.66 million Swiss francs for Turkey. Turkey was also among the approved destination countries in 2017. In 2017, Maxon Motor received export licences for Israel in category ML4 for special military goods. Neither the amount attributable to Israel nor the specific products was broken down.

Effect of the proposed War Materiel Act revision

In Switzerland, special military goods (unlike in most other countries) are not subject to the War Materiel Act, but to the much weaker Goods Control Act.

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Time period

Approvals in 2016–2017

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