United Kingdom manufacturers' sales of weapons and ammunition amounted to around 2.2 billion British pounds in 2019. Figures were noticeably lower than those reported ten years previous. Of these items, the sale of shotguns and rifles increased in recent years, reaching 13.8 million British pounds in 2019.
Sales value of weapons and ammunition in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 GBP)*
* PRODCOM estimates are calculated from responses to the PRODCOM survey of manufacturing industries.
According to the source, this includes gas weapons; truncheons, life-preservers, weighted canes and the like; loaded walking sticks; knuckledusters; catapults for shooting birds or pests; guns for firing tranquilizers, vaccines and such like; tear gas spray cans.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (July 1, 2020). Sales value of weapons and ammunition in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 GBP)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1059918/uk-sales-value-weapons-ammunition/
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Office for National Statistics (UK), Sales value of weapons and ammunition in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 GBP)* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1059918/uk-sales-value-weapons-ammunition/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Sales value of weapons and ammunition in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2019 (in 1,000 GBP)* [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), July 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1059918/uk-sales-value-weapons-ammunition/
