Armenia exprted $879M worth of agricultural produce in Jan-SepNovember 7, 2022 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Agricultural produce worth $879 million were exported from Armenia in the first nine months of 2022, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said in parliament during budget discussions on Thursday, November 7. Kerobyan maintained such fogures were expected for 2028, Sputnik Armenia reports. According to official statistics, however, agriculture registered a 0.7% decline in January-September. Kerobyan explained the discrepancy with flaws in statistics. “Following our discussions with the Statistical Committee, we came to the conclusion that for accurate calculations, we need to have a law on agriculture, start registering farms everywhere, and ensure that they submit data on turnover. Now we only have estimates, and not real statistics," the minister said. The Minister said that the law on agriculture is planned to be adopted in 2023, with the Statistical Committee set to clarify the number of farms, their property and condition. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |