Future of the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction... 8 1.1. What is this Report About?... 8 1.2. Definitions... 8 1.3. Summary Methodology...10 1.4. SDI Terrorism Index...12 1.5. About Strategic Defence Intelligence...12 2. Executive Summary... 13 3. Market Attractiveness and Emerging Opportunities... 15 3.1. Defense Market Size Historical and Forecast...16 3.1.1. Defense expenditure expected to grow at a CAGR of % over the forecast period... 16 3.1.2. Strained relations with neighbors and military modernization are expected to be key factors driving defense expenditure... 18 3.1.3. Military expenditure to follow the country s economy... 19 3.2. Analysis of Defense Budget Allocation...21 3.2.1. Capital expenditure allocation to average % of the total budget over the forecast period... 21 3.2.2. Procurement of advanced equipment to drive capital expenditure over forecast period... 23 3.2.3. Per capita defense expenditure expected to increase over the forecast period... 25 3.3. Homeland Security Market Size and Forecast...27 3.3.1. Critical energy infrastructure protection and combating drug trafficking will be key factors driving homeland security... 27 3.3.2. Azerbaijan considered at some risk of terrorist attack... 28 3.4. Benchmarking with Key Global Markets...30 3.4.1. Azerbaijan to be amongst the fastest-growing defense spenders... 30 3.4.2. Azerbaijan ranks high among the leading military spenders in terms of defense expenditure as a percentage of GDP... 33 3.4.3. Azerbaijan faces some risk of terror attacks... 34 3.5. Market Opportunities: Key Trends and Drivers...36 3.5.1. Demand for missiles and missile defense systems expected to increase... 36 3.5.2. Demand for air defense equipment to surge... 36 3.5.3. Communications and logistics systems to be enhanced to enable informed actions against attack... 36 4. Defense Procurement Market Dynamics... 37 4.1. Import Market Dynamics...37 4.1.1. Defense industry heavily relies on imports from foreign countries... 37 4.1.2. Russia dominate the arms imports by Azerbaijan... 38 4.1.3. Aircraft to dominate Azerbaijani defense imports... 39 2
4.2. Export Market Dynamics...40 4.2.1. Azerbaijan s defense export market is negligible... 40 5. Industry Dynamics... 41 5.1. Five Forces Analysis...41 5.1.1. Bargaining power of supplier: high... 42 5.1.2. Bargaining power of buyer: low to medium... 42 5.1.3. Barrier to entry: high... 42 5.1.4. Intensity of rivalry: low to medium... 42 5.1.5. Threat of substitution: low... 42 6. Market Entry Strategy... 43 6.1. Market Regulation...43 6.1.1. The Azerbaijani defense industry is closed for FDI... 43 6.2. Market Entry Route...43 6.2.1. Government to government deals are an attractive entry route to the country s defense market... 43 6.3. Key Challenges...44 6.3.1. Corruption poses a challenge to the success of defense procurement deals... 44 6.3.2. Arms embargo imposed by OSCE... 44 7. Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights... 45 7.1. Competitive Landscape Overview...45 7.1.1. Azerbaijani defense sector is dominated by foreign competitors... 45 7.2. Key Foreign Companies...45 7.2.1. Uralvagonzavod overview... 45 7.2.2. Uralvagonzavod major products and services... 45 7.2.3. Uralvagonzavod recent announcements and strategic initiatives... 46 7.2.4. Uralvagonzavod alliances... 46 7.2.5. V.A. Degtyarev Plant overview... 47 7.2.6. V.A. Degtyarev Plant major products and services... 47 8. Business Environment and Country Risk... 49 8.1. Demographics & Social Statistics...49 8.1.1. Population Rural... 49 8.1.2. Population - Urban... 50 8.1.3. Population Number of Households... 51 8.2. Economic Performance...52 8.2.1. GDP per Capita... 52 8.2.2. Gross Domestic Product... 53 8.2.3. Gross National Disposable Income... 54 8.2.4. Manufacturing Output... 55 3
8.2.5. Gross National Disposable Income... 56 8.2.6. Manufacturing Output... 57 8.2.7. Consumer Price Index... 58 8.2.8. LCU per US$ (period average)... 59 8.2.9. LCU per Euro (period average)... 60 8.2.10. Lending Rate... 61 8.2.11. Deposit Rate... 62 8.2.12. Real Interest Rate... 63 8.2.13. Goods Exports as a % of GDP... 64 8.2.14. Goods Imports as a % of GDP... 65 8.2.15. Goods Trade Surplus/Deficit as a % of GDP... 66 8.2.16. Services Imports as a % of GDP... 67 8.2.17. Services Exports as a % of GDP... 68 8.2.18. Services Trade Surplus/Deficit as a % of GDP... 69 8.2.19. Net Foreign Direct Investment... 70 8.2.20. Net Foreign Direct Investment as % of GDP... 71 8.2.21. International reserves, including gold... 72 8.3. Energy and Utilities...73 8.3.1. Total Conventional Thermal Electricity Net Generation... 73 8.3.2. Hydroelectricity Net Generation (Billion Kilowatt hours)... 74 8.3.3. Total Conventional Thermal Electricity Installed Capacity... 75 8.3.4. Total Electricity Exports (Billion Kilowatt hours)... 76 8.3.5. Total Electricity Imports (Billion Kilowatt hours)... 77 8.3.6. Proved Reserves of Natural Gas... 78 8.3.7. Total Petroleum Consumption... 79 8.3.8. Crude Oil Proved Reserves... 80 8.4. Minerals...81 8.4.1. Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities Output... 81 8.5. Technology...82 8.5.1. Research and development expenditure... 82 8.5.2. Patents Granted... 83 8.6. Telecommunication...84 8.6.1. Telephone Lines... 84 8.6.2. Telephone lines Penetration Rate... 85 9. Appendix... 86 9.1. About SDI...86 9.2. Disclaimer...86 4
LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2009 2013... 16 Figure 2: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2014 2018... 17 Figure 3: Azerbaijani GDP Growth vs. Defense Expenditure Growth and Defense Expenditures Percentage of GDP Growth, 2009 2013... 19 Figure 4: Azerbaijani GDP Growth vs. Defense Expenditure Growth and Defense Expenditure as Percentage of GDP Growth, 2014 2018... 20 Figure 5: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2009 2013... 21 Figure 6: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2014 2018... 22 Figure 7: Azerbaijani Defense Capital Expenditure (US$ bn), 2009 2013... 23 Figure 8: Azerbaijani Defense Capital Expenditure (US$ Bn), 2014 2018... 24 Figure 9: Azerbaijani Per Capita Defense Expenditure (US$), 2009 2013... 25 Figure 10: Azerbaijani Per Capita Defense Expenditure (US$), 2014 2018... 26 Figure 11: SDI Terrorism Heat Map, 2013... 28 Figure 12: SDI Terrorism Index, 2013... 29 Figure 13: Benchmarking with Key Markets 2009 2013 vs. 2014 2018... 31 Figure 14: Benchmarking with World s Largest Defense Spenders (US$ Billion), 2013 and 2018... 32 Figure 15: Benchmarking with Large Defense Spenders as % of GDP 2013... 33 Figure 16: Azerbaijani Defense Import Trend, 2008 2012 (TIV values)... 37 Figure 17: Azerbaijani Defense Imports by Country (%), 2008 2012... 38 Figure 18: Azerbaijani Defense Imports by Weapon Category (%), 2008 2012... 39 Figure 19: Industry Dynamics Porter s Five Forces Analysis... 41 Figure 20: Azerbaijani Population Rural (In Millions), 2009 2018... 49 Figure 21: Azerbaijani Population Urban (In Millions), 2009 2018... 50 Figure 22: Azerbaijani Population Number of Households (In Millions), 2008 2017... 51 Figure 23: Azerbaijani GDP per Capita (US$), 2008 2017... 52 Figure 24: Azerbaijani GDP (current US$ bn), 2009 2018... 53 Figure 25: Azerbaijani Gross National disposable income (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 54 Figure 26: Azerbaijani Manufacturing Output (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 55 Figure 27: Azerbaijani Gross National disposable income (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 56 Figure 28: Azerbaijani Manufacturing Output (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 57 Figure 29: Azerbaijani Consumer Price Index, 2008 2017... 58 Figure 30: Azerbaijani LCU per US$, 2009 2018... 59 Figure 31: Azerbaijani LCU per Euro, 2008 2017... 60 Figure 32: Azerbaijani Lending Rate (%), 2002 2011... 61 Figure 33: Deposit Rate (%), 2001 2010... 62 Figure 34: Azerbaijani Real Interest Rate (%), 2002 2011... 63 Figure 35: Azerbaijani Goods Exports as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 64 Figure 36: Azerbaijani Goods Imports as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 65 Figure 37: Azerbaijani Goods Trade Surplus/Deficit as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 66 Figure 38: Azerbaijani Services Imports as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 67 Figure 39: Azerbaijani Services Exports as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 68 Figure 40: Azerbaijani Services Trade Surplus/Deficit as a % of GDP, 2002 2011... 69 Figure 41: Azerbaijani Net Foreign Direct Investment (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 70 Figure 42: Azerbaijani Net Foreign Direct Investment as % of GDP, 2002 2011... 71 Figure 43: Azerbaijani International reserves, including gold (US$ Bn), 2002 2011... 72 Figure 44: Azerbaijani Total Conventional Thermal Electricity net Generation (Bn Kilowatt Hours), 2001 2010... 73 Figure 45: Azerbaijani Hydroelectricity Net Generation (Billion Kilowatt hours), 2001 2010... 74 Figure 46: Azerbaijani Total Conventional Thermal Electricity Installed Capacity (Million Kilowatts), 2001 2010... 75 Figure 47: Azerbaijani Total Electricity Exports (Billion Kilowatt hours), 2001 2010... 76 Figure 48: Azerbaijani Total Electricity Imports (Billion Kilowatt hours), 2001 2010... 77 5
Figure 49: Azerbaijani Proved Reserves of Natural Gas (Trillion Cubic Feet), 2002 2011... 78 Figure 50: Azerbaijani Total Petroleum Consumption (Thousand Barrels per Day),... 79 Figure 51: Azerbaijani Crude Oil Proved Reserves (Bn Barrels), 2002 2011... 80 Figure 52: Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities Output (in Millions), 2002 2011... 81 Figure 53: Research and development expenditure (In Mn), 2002 2011... 82 Figure 54: Patents Granted, 2002 2011... 83 Figure 55: Azerbaijani Telephone Lines (in Millions), 2002 2011... 84 Figure 56: Azerbaijani Telephone lines Penetration Rate (per 100 people), 2002 2011... 85 6
LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2009 2013... 16 Table 2: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2014 2018... 17 Table 3: Azerbaijani GDP Growth vs. Defense Expenditure Growth and Defense Expenditure as Percentage of GDP Growth, 2009 2013... 19 Table 4: Azerbaijani GDP Growth vs. Defense Expenditure Growth and Defense Expenditure as Percentage of GDP Growth, 2014 2018... 20 Table 5: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2009 2013... 21 Table 6: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2014 2018... 22 Table 7: Azerbaijani Defense Capital Expenditure (US$ Bn), 2009 2013... 23 Table 8: Azerbaijani Defense Capital Expenditure (US$ bn), 2014 2018... 24 Table 9: Azerbaijani Per Capita Defense Expenditure (US$), 2009 2013... 25 Table 10: Azerbaijani Per Capita Defense Expenditure (US$), 2014 2018... 26 Table 11: Benchmarking with Key Markets 2009 2013 vs. 2014 2018... 30 Table 12: SDI Terrorism Index... 34 Table 13: Uralvagonzavod Major Products & Services... 45 Table 14: Uralvagonzavod Alliances... 46 Table 15: V.A. Degtyarev Plant Major Products & Services... 47 7
1. Executive Summary Azerbaijan s defense expenditure expected to post strong growth during the forecast period Azerbaijan, situated in the Caucasus region on the border of Europe and Asia, also called Eurasia, gained independence from the USSR in 1991. Following this, the country was involved in a long armed conflict with its neighbor, Armenia, over control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Both countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994, through mediation by the Russian Federation. Azerbaijan still considers the disputed region as its province and has been trying to take back control, which has led to strained relations with Armenia. Negotiations between both governments, overseen by the OSCE Minsk group (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), consisting of Russia, France, and the US, ended in a deadlock by the year 2011. This has resulted in a military build-up in both Azerbaijan and Armenia, with an aim to assert their respective claims over the disputed region. Supported by oil exports, Azerbaijan invested in the procurement of weapons from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Israel, South Korea, and other countries, to boost its defense capabilities. The country intensively purchased military equipment, helicopters, planes, modern air-defense systems, armored vehicles, tanks, artillery systems, combat vessels, and drones. Azerbaijan procured battle tanks and other sophisticated weapons from Russia at an approximate value of US$ billion in the last five years, with its final deliveries received in June 2013. Consequently, the country s expenditure on its military increased from US$ million in 2003 to US$ billion in 2013. In the last five years, it registered a growth rate of %, as the country s economy grew at %. The allocation for the procurement of arms and military technology accounted for % of the total defense budget during this period. 8
2. Market Attractiveness and Emerging Opportunities The Azerbaijani defense market, which has grown over the last decade, is expected to demonstrate the potential to grow at a faster pace than its neighbors, over the forecast period. Its defense and security budget registered a growth rate of % in the last five years and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of %, to value more than US$ billion by 2018. Strained relations with its neighbor and the aim of increasing its importance in regional politics through military build-up, mean the country is expected to continue to procure substantial arms and technology. In addition, Azerbaijan is putting efforts into reviving its arms manufacturing sector through collaboration with foreign companies in an effort to enhance its ability to export weapons to other countries. This will provide growth opportunities for foreign companies to enter the market, either through direct deals or through collaborations with local manufacturers, to tap the fastest growing military market in the Eurasia region. 9
Defense Expenditure Future of the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 2.1. Defense Market Size Historical and Forecast 2.1.1. Defense expenditure expected to grow at a CAGR of % over the forecast period The strained relationship with its neighbor, Armenia, over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been driving the growth of the country s military expenditure over the past decade. During the review period, Azerbaijan increased its defense and security budget from US$ billion in 2009 to US$ billion, at a growth rate of %. The growth in the defense budget is expected to continue over the forecast period due to the deadlock in negotiations between the two countries, and Azerbaijan s aggressive stand on the conflict. Consequently, the Azerbaijani defense budget is estimated to grow at a CAGR of % over the forecast period, to reach US$ billion by 2018. The following table and figure show the Azerbaijani defense expenditure during the review period: Table 1: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2009-2013 Year Defense expenditure (US$ bn) Defense growth percentage 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 CAGR 2009-2013 % Figure 1: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2009-2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure Growth Rate (%) 10
Defense Expenditure Future of the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 The following table and figure show projected defense expenditure of the Azerbaijani over the forecast period: Table 2: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2014-2018 Year Defense expenditure (US$ bn) Defense growth percentage 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 CAGR 2014-2018 % Figure 2: Azerbaijani Defense Expenditure, 2014-2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure Growth Rate (%) 11
2.2. Analysis of Defense Budget Allocation 2.2.1. Capital expenditure allocation to average % of the total budget over the forecast period During the review period, Azerbaijan allocated an average of % of its defense budget for capital expenditure, such as the procurement of defense equipment and services, with the highest share, of %, allocated in 2011. The remaining budget was allocated for revenue expenditure including the salaries of personnel, logistics, operational costs, training, and the maintenance of the country s military force. Over the forecast period, the Azerbaijani MoD is expected to maintain its current level of allocation for capital expenditure, averaging % of the total defense budget. The following table and chart display the Azerbaijani defense budget share of capital and revenue expenditure during the review period: Table 3: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2009-2013 Year Capital Expenditure Share Revenue Expenditure Share 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Figure 3: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2009-2013 %Percentage of Defense Expenditure 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure 12
Percentage of Defense Expenditure % Future of the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 The following table and chart display the Azerbaijani defense budget share of capital and revenue expenditure over the forecast period: Table 4: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2014-2018 Year Capital Expenditure Share Revenue Expenditure Share 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Figure 4: Azerbaijani Defense Budget Split Between Capital and Revenue Expenditure (%), 2014-2018 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure 13