Import of goods and services by largest taxpayers grows by 67 percent in January

Import of goods and services by largest taxpayers grows by 67 percent in January
ARKA, 22.03.2010

Import of goods and services by Armenia’s 344 largest taxpayers grew by 67.6% in 2010 January if compared to the same time period last year, to total 58.8 billion Drams.

The figures were released by the State Revenue Committee in its analysis of aggregated indexes of the monitoring of largest taxpayers in 2010 January.

The agency attributed the growth both to increasing volume of imported goods and expensive equipment. This in turn reflected on the volume of customs duties collected on the border in January which rose by almost 50% year-on-year to 10.9 billion Drams.

According to the State Revenue Committee figures, the volume of exports is nearing before the crisis level.

Particularly, the volume of exports by 8 largest exporting companies in January (Zangezur Molybdenum and Copper Combine, Rusal Armenal, Armenian Copper Program, Pure Metal Factory, Armenian Molybdenum Production, Yerevan Brandy, Wine and Vodka Factory Ararat, Proshian Winery and Euroterm)- grew by 8.6 billion drams to 13.4 billion drams year-on-year. ($1 – 404.34 Drams). -0-