Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR] GPD grows by 8.9 per cent in first quarter
of 2005

Arminfo, Yerevan
29 Apr 05

STEPANAKERT

In January-March 2005, GDP in the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR]
totalled 3.8bn drams (about 7.1m dollars), which is 8.9 per cent
higher than the same indicator in 2004.

The National Statistics Service of the NKR has reported that the
volume of the sale of industrial products in this period totalled
3.9bn drams [7.2m dollars], which 24.3 per cent higher than in the
same period of the last year, our Arminfo special correspondent has
reported from Stepanakert.

The volume of agricultural output totalled 1.4bn drams [2.6m dollars],
dropping by 6.1 per cent in comparison with the same period of 2004.

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