  Armenia posts 28,2% drop in export April 19, 2013 - 16:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s foreign trade turnover totaled $445 mln (AMD 184.1 bln) in March 2013 decreasing by 15,3% compared to the same period in 2012, according to updated statistical data. Export amounted to $116.6 mln (AMD 48.3 bln) in March 2013, dropping by 28,2%. The export index totaled $357.9 mln (AMD 146,5 bln) in Jan-Mar 2013, with 3% growth reported. A 9,6% decrease was recorded in import bringing it to $328.4 mln (AMD 135.8 bln,) the RA National Statistical Service reported. The negative balance of foreign trade turnover amounted to $616.4 mln (AMD 251.9 bln) in January-March 2013, as compared with the same period in 2012.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
