ARMENIA WILL SUPPLY CIGARETTES TO IRAQ

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31. ARMINFO. Armenian producers have agreed on supply
on cigarettes to Iraq in the current year.

Talking to ARMINFO, President of the Armenian LTD International Masis
Tabak Michael Vardanyan says that an oral agreement on this was
reached last year when Iraqi specialists visited Armenia. Supply of
five containers of cigarettes monthly is in question, which is a
rather big lot, he says. For example, Vardanyan says that 45
containers of cigarettes of native and foreign producers are monthly
sold in the country. At present, Armenian producers expected Iraqi
orders. The president of the company says that cigarettes from Armenia
will be supplied in spite of the fact that a joint production of
cigarettes with participation of the largest Armenian producer Grand
Tobacco was established in Iran last year.

It should be noted that there are two big producers of cigarettes in
Armenia, Grand Tobacco and International Masis Tabak. Three billion
cigarettes are daily sold in the country. The share of local
production is half of the market.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress