South Korea (KAI): UK export ban order: Export to Argentina
-Export ban order from UK to export Korean FA-50-
Under-budget Argentina:
South Korea’s plans to export the FA-50 light attack aircraft to Argentina have been hindered.
Due to the lack of budget of the Argentine government, this project is not progressing.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI):
In addition, this time we received an export ban order from the United Kingdom.
Parts are from the UK:
According to official documents, six of the FA-50 parts are made in the United Kingdom.
The UK government has export authority over this.
However, Britain has embargoed arms on Argentina.
For this reason, there are concerns that exports will be blank.
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UK bars South Korea from selling FA-50 to Argentina
The United Kingdom
has effectively barred the sale of the FA-50 Fighting Eagle to Argentina,with the South Korean manufacturer informing the South American nation that it is unable to supply the light fighter and strike jet with its British-made parts.
In a letter dated 28 October,
a senior official at Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) told Argentina’s ambassador to the Republic of Korea that
the FA-50
cannot be exported due to the UK government’s arms embargo on the country.As KAI Senior Manager and Chief, International Business Strategy Department, Martin Chun,
noted in his letter to Ambassador Alfredo Carlos Bascou, the FA-50 includes six major components that are sourced from the UK.