TRADE CIRCULATION GROWS BY 3.7%, SERVICES VOLUME BY 10.6% IN ARMENIA IN JANUARY-MAY 2008 COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR

NOYAN TAPAN

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Trade circulation, in current prices, amounted to 519bn 577.1m drams
(more than 1bn 686.3m USD) in Armenia in January-May 2008. It grew
by 3.7% in comparable prices compared with the same period of 2007.

According to the data of the RA National Statistical Service,
wholesale trade circulation made 331bn 918m drams in current prices
in January-May 2008, growing by 4.3 in comparable prices compared
with the same period of 2007.

Services volume amounted to 221bn 843m drams in current prices in
January-May 2008, which increased by 10.6% in comparable prices
compared with the same period of 2007.