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It has to step up its game to produce more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell went a step further, alleging firms were still exporting 40 percent of their production around the world, thus diverting precious shells from the defense of Ukraine against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations however drew a detailed rebuttal from the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe, a trade group representing sectors across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to a request for comment from Defense News, the group said it had not had enough time to get ready to fulfill orders for Ukraine and was in any case busy with replenishing the stocks of its domestic customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe double challenge for industry today \u2013 after decades-long underinvestment and the subsequent reduction of manufacturing capacities \u2013 is to ramp up production both to support Ukraine and to replenish and reinforce the stocks of armed forces in Europe (ammunition is only one element),\u201d the association said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut this needs time \u2013 more time than originally envisaged by EU political leaders \u2013 as it is a complex process that requires meticulous long-term planning and consideration of various factors to ensure its success, efficiency and viability,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s needed to allow companies to invest for long term production hikes is more long-term contracts, the association said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIndustry has already significantly expanded its production capacities and increased production as much as possible under adverse circumstances (supply chain bottlenecks, swelling raw material costs, shortages of qualified workforce, burdensome regulation and administrative processes, paucity of actual orders),\u201d the association\u2019s statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLong-term investments in further expansion of production capacities must however come along with long-term contracts from European customers. Contracts of this scale are not concluded within days but need careful consideration from both customers and industrial providers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU planned hoped to reach the one million shells target by earmarking \u20ac1 billion (U.S. $1.1 billion) earlier this year to compensate members for the shells they donated to Ukraine from their stocks, plus another \u20ac1 billion to fund the joint purchase of more munitions from EU states and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Borrell\u2019s accusation that firms were still diverting stocks to export customers was also challenged by the association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cContracts cannot simply be cancelled or changed unilaterally, as that would severely damage the credibility of European defense industry as a supplier. 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