THENational Association of Sports and Civil Weapons and Ammunition Manufacturers (ANPAM) is present atVicenza HIT Show and yesterday's inaugural day, Saturday 13 February 2016, was the occasion for the intervention of its president, Stefano Fiocchi. As reported by The Sun 24 hours, the first day of the event was used to present the report oneconomic trend of the arms market in 2015. The summary of the intervention can be as follows, in the twelve months that have just ended the civil and sporting weapons of our country have been affected by a slight decline, even if the numbers recorded in December represent a good omen for growth for 2016 .
The pinch of optimism depends above all on the fact that the weapons that have been tested at the National Test Bench have increased. The report in question was presented and edited by ANPAM together with Assoarmieri and conarmi. According to Fiocchi, macro-data must be examined with the utmost attention. In particular, we can notice an important slowdown in orders from the United States, the country that continues to be the main foreign market in this area.
The phenomenon of decline has lasted for at least twenty-four months, so it is not a bolt from the blue, despite the recent requests of a certain impact which have caused production to surge and which cannot be replaced by up-to-date orders. What is there to say, however, about the internal arms market? Fiocchi admitted the weak sales that can no longer be denied, without forgetting the difficulties encountered in conquering brand new markets due to taxes and geopolitical instabilities.
Our country still maintains a leadership in the European ranking of the production of sporting-hunting weapons, thanks to a share of 60% of the total, consequently we are talking about the main national exporting to the world sporting and commercial weapons and ammunition. Exports primarily concern the United States (the share reached is 45%). The turnover achieved by the beautiful country is eight billion euros every year, while employment is close to 100 thousand units (95 thousand to be precise).
The intervention of the president of the ANPAM referred to theexcellence in the sports sector which cannot fail to be a source of pride for the category: the Rio Janeiro Olympics are not so far away and Italian weapons will be the protagonists for Fiocchi, who proudly recalled the skeet shooting medals won in previous dedications and the use of Made in Italy shotguns.