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Here is a case of Klimovsk 7.62x39 Ammo (for the AK47 and SKS) from the Klimovsk Factory in Russia it seems to be labeled 1994. It was imported by Eagle Exim Inc.

The ammo is in 20 round boxes. 6 boxes are wrapped in 120 round bundles and there are 12 of these bundles for a total of 1440 per container. Why these numbers? The AK47 uses a 30 round magazine so each bundle would load 4 AK47 magazines..?

These crates each hold 1440 rounds, the side of the crate says 1/600 could that mean this was a portion of a 864,000 round shipment?

These handy crates have a simple metal hinge and basic locking closure

Date: Tue, 16 MAY 95 09:48:51

U.S. Customs have admittedly made arrangements to return at least 21 MILLION rounds of 7.62x39 ammunition to the Santa Clara Importer, Eagle Exim Inc. after seizing 75 million rounds in a raid a few weeks ago.

Customs and ATF agents made a splashy and well publicized raid on the company, based in Santa Clara, CA, when they seized 75 million rounds of "assault weapon ammo". KGO news (ABC affiliate in SF Bay Area) made much of the "feared link" that Eagle Exim was "selling guns and ammo to militias" - a baseless comment which was floated by some of the federal agents after the raid, since Eagle Exim was a wholesaler of ammunition and firearms.

Customs Agent Ron Klink was quoted as stating that 'this was the biggest raid and seizure in the history of the dept.' and noted the huge size of the ammunition supply. It is noteworthy that Eagle Exim is one of the biggest suppliers of ammunition to WHOLESALERS in the U.S. thus there is nothing nefarious about that figure.

After speaking to representatives of Eagle Exim a few days after the raid, their attorneys believe that the entire shipment will have to be returned within a few weeks, since this entire incident, in their view, was unfounded. All of the ammunition was clearly marked "made in Russia" though US Customs has maintained that the ammunition was made in China - a country which Clinton banned importation of ammo and arms from early last year. All of this ammunition, was previously inspected and approved by Customs when it was received in smaller shipments, during the latter part of 1994 and early 1995.

Lots more on this situation in 1995 at elfie.org

Klimovsk

In July, 1936 according to Stalin's direct order the construction of a strategically important ammunition plant began. It was found within the distance of 27 km (16,9 miles) from Moscow to the south of Podolsk, not far from railway station. On December 30, by the decision of People's Armament Commissar of the USSR a newly built plant got its number - 188. At first the plant was refered to as Novopodolsky, and in 1960 it was renamed to Klimovsk Punching Plant (KShZ). So it is December 30, 1936 that is traditionally considered the plant foundation date. Its close neighbourhood to Moscow, favourable climatic and geographic zones, highly professional staff, considerable industrial resources - all these factors serve today as a predetermination of the defense enterprise higher investment attraction. To the present day the plant is considered a local economic mainstay and socially important enterprise of the town of Klimovsk.

Our legacy for the twenty first century will rest on how well we lay the groundwork today for creating a company that continues to be responsive to military and civilian customer needs and depends as much on inventiveness and innovation as it does on technology. We are striving to meet this challenge, making the products that meet the highest standards of quality with unsurpassed fit, finish, reliability and durability. Military and Law enforcement professionals in the USSR and today from the entire world have provided assistance in developing our product specifications in order to meet the needs of today's safeguard polices.

During all our success production history we have been testing our ammunition using thousand kinds of different firearms. Our factory collection of fire arms is one of the biggest in the ex Soviet Union. This experience has allowed KSPZ to develop the Jorge 9mm series pistols that was constructed in close conjunction with technical experts from the Russian Army and number of law enforcement agencies - world wide. We have spent a lot o time all over the world to figure out what is most needed. The result is a state of the art product, designed for use in modern military and police tactics.

Factories where foreign AK47s (and ammo) are / were Manufactured

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