TRADE TURNOVER GROWS BY 14% AND SERVICES BY 17% IN JANUARY-MAY, 2007 IN ARMENIA, COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Jul 12 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Trade turnover made 471b 382.6m drams
(nearly 1b 162.4m USD) in January-May, 2007 in Armenia, in current
prices, which has increased by 14%, as compared with the same period
of 2006, in comparable prices.

According to the data of the RA National Statistical Service, retail
trade turnover made 294b 538.9m drams in January-May, 2007, in current
prices, which is more by 11.2%, compared with the same period of 2006,
in comparable prices.

The services provided in the first five months of 2007, in current
prices, made 203b 759.4m drams, which has increased by 17%, compared
with the same index of 2006, in comparable prices.