276 PRODUCERS PROVIDED WITH CERTIFICATES TO EXPORT PRODUCTS TO THE EU MEMBER COUNTRIES OF ON PRIVILEGED CONDITIONS

ARMENPRESS
July 18, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS: In the first semester of the running year
within the frameworks of the "New Neighborhood Project" of European
Union the Armenian Trade-Industrial Palace allocated certificates
to 276 Armenian producers to get use of GSP+ (Generalized System of
Preferences) trade system.

The press service of the Chamber of Commerce if Industry told
Armenpress that the producing companies exported cognac, water, wine,
sweets, lobster, frosted fruit and berries, copper concentrate,
ferromolybdenum, rubber, chemicals, goods for sewing, cigarettes,
products made from obsidian, basalt blocks, etc.

Those receiving certificates are mainly big enterprises.

Since January 1 of 2009 GSP+ system has been giving the producers an
opportunity of exporting goods to the countries of European Union with
privileged conditions by paying a custom of 0 % or of lower custom
fee. Before that Armenia got use of GSP system of preferences, which
enabled to export 2 000 types of product with privileged conditions,
and the new system – 6 400.