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Yugoimport – SDPR
Type Government owned
Industry Defense
Founded 1949
Headquarters Belgrade, Serbia
Area served Worldwide
Key people Jugoslаv Petković (General director)
Products Small arms
Combat vehicles
Munitions
Services Engineering, consultancy, training
Revenue Increase €88.78 million (2012) [1]
Net income Increase €17.32 million (2012)[1]
Total assets Increase €201.50 million (2012)[1]
Total equity Increase €50.31 million (2012)[1]
Employees 492[1]
Website www.yugoimport.com

Yugoimport – SDPR (Serbian language: Jugoimport – SDPR / Југоимпорт – СДПР) is the state-owned intermediary agency for the import and export of defence-related equipment in Serbia. The company was founded in 1949 in what was then Yugoslavia, for the needs of the Yugoslav defence industry.[2] Today the agency represents the Government and military industrial complex of Serbia in the sphere of importation and exportation cooperation of defence equipment and related services. Company works together with Serbian Army, VTI - Military Technical Institute Belgrade an many private companies in Serbia and around the world in developing new weapons and systems. The company also provides weapons design, consulting, construction and engineering services.[3] SDPR opened new "Complex Battle System" factory in Velika Plana, Serbia for producing combat vehicles.[4]

Arms trafficking[]

Yugoimport has been implicated in smuggling weapons to customers that were under embargo, such as Syria and the Ghaddafi regime in Libya.[5][6] Yugoimport also sold arms to Iraq and built several bunkers for the Saddam Hussein regime.[7][8] The Boka Star was seized whilst shipping arms to Iraq, including fuel for Scud missiles.

Products[]

BOV M11 by Yugoimport

BOV M11 APC

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