YEREVAN, December 7, /ARKA/. Armenian commercial banks’ total credit investments in the local economy grew by 2.2% in October from September to 823.1 billion Drams, the Central Bank of Armenia said in a statement posted on its official website.
It said the largest volume of loans -22.2%- or 182.7 billion Drams- were channeled into the industrial sector, rising by 5.3% from September. The second largest portion of loans – 21.7% or 178.4 billion Drams- went to
trade sector, rising by 2.5% from September. Some 18.3% of all loans were extended as consumer credits, rising by 1% from September to 150.4 billion Drams. Mortgage credits fell by 0.1% to 85.1 billion Drams. Loans to construction sector grew by 4.1% to 68 billion Drams, loans to agriculture sector fell by 3.1% to 48.1 billion Drams. Loans to services sector fell by 1.3% to 37.6 billion Drams and loans to transport and communications sector fell by 2.2% to 25.5 billion Drams. M.M. -0-
ARMENIAN BANKS CREDIT INVESTMENTS TO LOCAL ECONOMY BY SECTORS
(mln, AMD)
Dec. 2009 | Jan. 2010 | Feb. 2010 | March
2010 |
April 2010 | May
2010 |
June
2010 |
July
2010 |
August 2010 | Sept. 2010 | Oct. 2010 | |
Industry | 146969 | 146932 | 145142 | 153255 | 136598 | 139353 | 152072 | 152424 | 162355 | 173749 | 182726 |
Agriculture | 44177 | 43216 | 44802 | 48058 | 47846 | 47608 | 48690 | 51526 | 50493 | 49994 | 48069 |
Construction | 54132 | 52610 | 53873 | 57481 | 59553 | 59380 | 58775 | 63299 | 59299 | 65282 | 67960 |
Transport and communications | 15430 | 15070 | 15393 | 17841 | 20096 | 20738 | 22189 | 23911 | 25722 | 26039 | 25474 |
Trade | 145492 | 141092 | 149611 | 160976 | 158626 | 161574 | 164691 | 163368 | 167021 | 174137 | 178410 |
Services | 29712 | 29523 | 31238 | 32434 | 34954 | 35339 | 34115 | 35171 | 36241 | 38108 | 37597 |
Consumer credits | 136435 | 135890 | 138630 | 142711 | 144277 | 145271 | 143833 | 143324 | 145254 | 148875 | 150396 |
Mortgage credits | 83960 | 81964 | 82486 | 85140 | 83761 | 83502 | 83483 | 85127 | 84497 | 85202 | 85104 |
Other | 42613 | 42620 | 42986 | 44686 | 46923 | 48686 | 47686 | 48997 | 48847 | 44233 | 47355 |
Total | 698920 | 688918 | 704162 | 742583 | 732633 | 741449 | 755537 | 767147 | 779729 | 805618 | 823093 |