Armenia’s year-on-year economic activity index recorded at 7.5% in April 2012

YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Armenia’s economic activity index in April 2012, compared with the same month a year before, was recorded at 7.5%, the National Statistical Service of Armenia reports.
The April 2012 economic activity index, compared with the previous month, was 4.5%.

Construction in April 2012 cost AMD 21.2 billion – 2.2% month-on-month growth.
Industrial output in April 2012 amounted to more than AMD 82.9 billion – 12.3% more than in April 2011 and 1.9% more than in March 2012.

According to statistical reports, agriculture sector’s output grew 2.3% in April 2012, compared with April 2011, to AMD 38.9 billion.
The country’s trade turnover shrank 0.2% in Apr 2012, compared with Apr 2011, to AMD 175.4 billion or $447.7 million.

Services sector enjoyed 6.2% year-on-year growth in Apr 2012 (AMD 73.7 billion).
In the 2012 government budget, GDP growth is projected at 4.2%. ($1- AMD 406.13). -0–

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