BORDER OPENING OFFENSIVE TO AGRICULTURE: SAFARYAN
News.am
13:17 / 10/06/2009
In case Armenia-Turkey border opens, the Turkish products flood to
Armenia might primarily affect the agricultural sector, Chairman of
Domestic Commodity Producers’ Union Vazgen Safaryan told NEWS.am.
RA Government should take the necessary steps to protect
Armenian market "although it cannot prevent inferior goods’
manufacturing". According to Safaryan tax or customs measures can be
assumed, as well as natural monopolies rates should be revised "to
minimize it enabling Armenian products to compete with Turkish ones."
Energy resources, gas and water rates are quite high. The policy on
producing more competitive goods should be pursued, Vazgen Safaryan
stated specifying that this is how domestic producers are encouraged
in Turkey.
Referring to USD rate rise, Vazgen Safaryan said that it is conditioned
by the Central Bank problems. "I assume Central Bank will take steps
to control the currency rate," Safaryan concluded.