Armenians consumed $338․7 million worth of cigarettes in 2018February 6, 2019 - 16:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 1․580 billion packs of cigarettes were produced in Armenia throughout 2018, of which 1․353 billion were exported, while the remaining 227 million packs were consumed domestically. According to the National Statistical Service, additional 162․5 million packs were imported in 2018, raising the amount of cigarette consumed inside the country to more than 389․5 million packs. A packet of cigarette cost AMD 416,9 last year. Armenians spent AMD 445,362 on 1.068 million cigarette packs per day, and AMD 162.557 or $338․7 million per year. 373․8 million packs of cigarette were consumed in the country throughout 2017. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |