Poland has become the biggest buyer of drones from Taiwan as the Eastern European country, on Russia’s doorstep, bolsters its defense capabilities and seeks to reduce its reliance on Chinese parts.
Poland is now absorbing almost 60% of Taiwan’s drone exports, which expanded this year to about $32 million through August, from almost nothing in the previous years. The next-largest importer of Taiwan’s drones is the U.S., to which Taiwan sold roughly $7 million worth in the same period.
Taiwanese drone maker Ahamani said Polish demand was so great it was planning to open a factory there, and that other foreign companies, including a large South Korean drone company, had approached it about buying non-Chinese motors.
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