ARMENIA CONSIDERED COUNTRY WITH MOST LIBERAL TRADE REGIME

Noyan Tapan
Mar 28 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The trade and economic system of
Armenia fully meets the international standards. Tigran Davtian,
RA Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development, stated this at
the opening of the international banking conference on trade financing
on March 28. According to him, the RA trade regime is considered as a
most liberal one by international organizations, and in this respect
Armenia is among the leading countries. As a result, the deputy
minister said, the average annual growth of exports makes 15-30% in
Armenia, and the balance of payments is gradually improving. Thus,
Armenia is becoming an export-oriented country. T. Davtian expressed
a hope that this dynamics will continue in the coming years.