YEREVAN, August 31, /ARKA/. Armenia’s foreign trade in the first seven months of the year surged by 13.5% year-on-year to 1.075.8 trillion drams or about $2.9 billion, the National Statistical Service reported today. According to its numbers, the exports jumped by 31.4% to $709.5 million and imports rose by 8.7% to $2.196.3 billion. The negative foreign trade gap was $1.486.7 billion.
Humanitarian goods not counted, the trade deficit amounted to $1.449.6 billion. In FOB prices it was $1.148.5 billion.
According to official data, the leading export items were mining industry that grew by 47.7% from a year before to $236.4 million, the export of non-precious metals and items rose by 20.7% to $221.9 million, that of precious and semi-precious stones and items rose by 19% to $93.9 million and exports of finished foods rose by almost 40% to $75.9 million.
The mining sector also accounted for the largest portion of imports rising by 19.2% to $420 million, imports of ground, aerial and water vehicles accounted for $209.5 million of imports growing by 22.1%, the import of finished foods grew by almost 4% to $164.9 million, the import of vegetable goods grew by 28.9% to $136.4 million and the imports of machines, equipment and mechanisms dropped by 4.9% to $296.4 million($1-367.93 drams). -0-
| Exports (thous. $) | imports (thous. $) | ||||||||
| Trading country | Country of origin | ||||||||
| Jan.-July
2010 |
Jan.-July
2011 |
growth rate ,
% |
Jan.-July
2010 |
Jan.-July
2011 |
Growth rate ,
% |
Jan.-July
2010 |
Jan.-July
2011 |
Growth rate, % | |
| Total | 540098.7 | 709545.7 | 131.4 | 2020903.1 | 2196328.6 | 108.7 | 2020903.1 | 2196328.6 | 108.7 |
| CIS countries | 84241.0 | 114793.3 | 136.3 | 472229.7 | 504651.3 | 106.9 | 622932.5 | 660431.6 | 106.0 |
| Russia | 64223.0 | 94447.9 | 147.1 | 333212.3 | 369121.9 | 110.8 | 455450.2 | 472200.2 | 103.7 |
| Ukraine | 5788.9 | 4800.9 | 82.9 | 112341.4 | 117546.4 | 104.6 | 125763.8 | 133885.7 | 106.5 |
| Turkmenistan | 4156.7 | 3034.8 | 73.0 | 179.7 | 872.0 | 4.9 times | 15237.2 | 12992.0 | 85.3 |
| Kazakhstan | 1943.7 | 1745.7 | 89.8 | 5277.6 | 2290.5 | 43.4 | 4554.3 | 24215.1 | 5.3 times |
| Belarus | 1946.3 | 2117.0 | 108.8 | 17076.4 | 11974.1 | 70.1 | 17883.7 | 14330.2 | 80.1 |
| Other CIS countries | 6182.5 | 8647.2 | 139.9 | 4142.3 | 2846.4 | 68.7 | 4043.3 | 2808.4 | 69.5 |
| Other countries, incl. | 455857.7 | 594752.5 | 130.5 | 1548673.4 | 1691677.2 | 109.2 | 1397970.5 | 1535896.9 | 109.9 |
| EU countries, incl.. | 282708.1 | 349961.1 | 123.8 | 439553.6 | 557869.3 | 126.9 | 527872.7 | 631533.0 | 119.6 |
| Austria | 2722.5 | 737.7 | 27.1 | 24892.5 | 38122.7 | 153.1 | 28141.1 | 33305.4 | 118.4 |
| Belgium | 50266.5 | 34477.3 | 68.6 | 47390.3 | 37736.3 | 79.6 | 43798.2 | 39314.2 | 89.8 |
| Bulgaria | 84580.3 | 101330.9 | 119.8 | 9340.3 | 9709.9 | 104.0 | 58770.6 | 51641.0 | 87.9 |
| Denmark | 75.1 | 19.3 | 25.7 | 4573.6 | 4434.1 | 96.9 | 4221.4 | 3179.8 | 75.3 |
| Finland | 25.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 18212.6 | 12329.4 | 67.7 | 5882.8 | 7207.5 | 122.5 |
| France | 2525.2 | 5974.6 | 2.4 times | 36071.4 | 55221.5 | 153.1 | 43853.2 | 44148.2 | 100.7 |
| Germany | 83715.1 | 99340.8 | 118.7 | 69318.1 | 85088.7 | 122.8 | 103788.8 | 129418.6 | 124.7 |
| Greece | 38.3 | 66.2 | 172.8 | 12039.1 | 19131.1 | 158.9 | 16308.7 | 21008.6 | 128.8 |
| Hungary | 157.1 | 184.6 | 117.5 | 7365.1 | 9011.7 | 122.4 | 9172.2 | 14518.2 | 158.3 |
| Italy | 2274.1 | 1931.2 | 84.9 | 53060.2 | 98780.5 | 186.2 | 62557.8 | 98704.5 | 157.8 |
| Luxembourg | – | 531.7 | – | 1713.6 | 2506.3 | 146.3 | 194.4 | 185.3 | 95.3 |
| Romania | 188.9 | 122.5 | 64.8 | 4207.4 | 2939.2 | 69.9 | 48589.8 | 55395.6 | 114.0 |
| The Netherlands | 43892.3 | 66576.3 | 151.7 | 29976.4 | 37384.8 | 124.7 | 14407.7 | 21611.4 | 150.0 |
| UK | 223.1 | 288.3 | 129.2 | 56592.1 | 65727.0 | 116.1 | 18340.2 | 26938.4 | 146.9 |
| Spain | 7063.0 | 35220.1 | 5.0 times | 9855.5 | 11941.3 | 121.2 | 12881.0 | 19188.3 | 149.0 |
| Cyprus | 600.6 | 394.7 | 65.7 | 10959.8 | 11629.2 | 106.1 | 695.3 | 1841.9 | 2.6 times |
| Czech republic | 672.0 | 857.5 | 127.6 | 8804.7 | 8701.7 | 98.8 | 5663.9 | 11868.9 | 2.1 times |
| Poland | 1751.7 | 319.2 | 18.2 | 8895.3 | 9748.7 | 109.6 | 14715.6 | 17437.6 | 118.5 |
| Slovakia | 162.5 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 639.1 | 1818.3 | 2.8 times | 2970.1 | 4959.8 | 167.0 |
| Sweden | 323.4 | 497.2 | 153.8 | 15127.0 | 19574.4 | 129.4 | 21003.4 | 14643.6 | 69.7 |
| Other EU countries | 1451.2 | 1084.9 | 74.8 | 10519.5 | 16332.4 | 155.3 | 11916.6 | 15016.1 | 126.0 |
| Other countries | 173149.6 | 244791.4 | 141.4 | 1109119.8 | 1133808.0 | 102.2 | 870097.8 | 904364.0 | 103.9 |
| Israel | 3105.1 | 1156.3 | 37.2 | 3692.3 | 6283.7 | 170.2 | 6976.1 | 23426.8 | 3.4 times |
| USA | 46620.8 | 59590.6 | 127.8 | 73981.6 | 85609.2 | 115.7 | 66743.0 | 77728.4 | 116.5 |
| UAE | 4895.8 | 6540.7 | 133.6 | 184122.3 | 198135.2 | 107.6 | 20813.5 | 29901.6 | 143.7 |
| Iran | 38440.1 | 67593.8 | 175.8 | 103235.6 | 114648.2 | 111.1 | 100279.8 | 110752.7 | 110.4 |
| Turkey | 750.4 | 643.4 | 85.7 | 94474.8 | 96383.8 | 102.0 | 105979.3 | 118367.5 | 111.7 |
| Switzerland | 7257.4 | 14457.3 | 199.2 | 61332.2 | 69894.2 | 114.0 | 37655.8 | 29840.8 | 79.2 |
| China | 15671.9 | 2744.2 | 17.5 | 134986.2 | 109527.2 | 81.1 | 224706.7 | 202815.8 | 90.3 |
| Brazil | 6.9 | 1.1 | 16.4 | 2801.0 | 2820.0 | 100.7 | 28875.8 | 29029.6 | 100.5 |
| Japan | 103.4 | 180.5 | 174.5 | 12594.9 | 3800.2 | 30.2 | 50393.2 | 37556.6 | 74.5 |
| Panama | 1160.5 | 1072.8 | 92.4 | 116625.1 | 71233.4 | 61.1 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 58.6 |
| India | 1385.4 | 1571.2 | 113.4 | 16247.4 | 13630.7 | 83.9 | 24782.2 | 32986.1 | 133.1 |
| Canada | 13236.6 | 30267.4 | 2.3 times | 6023.1 | 9681.8 | 160.7 | 13399.7 | 16375.2 | 122.2 |
| Georgia | 28157.8 | 30473.1 | 108.2 | 121848.2 | 139282.9 | 114.3 | 26980.2 | 37270.7 | 138.1 |
| Other countries | 12357.6 | 28499.1 | 2.3 times | 177154.9 | 212877.4 | 120.2 | 162501.0 | 158305.6 | 97.4 |
