Industrial participation

Foreign suppliers who sign large contracts with the Finnish Armed Forces for the supply of defence systems, equipment or services are required to enter into Industrial Participation Agreements. Supply contracts are subject to this condition usually when the value of the procurement exceeds € 10 million. Nowadays the term “industrial participation” is used instead of the term “offset”, because the focus is on the cooperation between the Finnish defence industry and foreign suppliers. The Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Finnish Committee on Industrial Participation at the Ministry have the responsibility for the administration of industrial participation.

Rules on Industrial Participation (pdf) (14 KB)

Finnish Committee on Industrial Participation (pdf) (140.4 KB)