6,932,600 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID RECEIVED IN ARMENIA IN JAN-OCT 2009 AS
ARKA
Dec 1, 2009
YEREVAN, December 1. /ARKA/. Armenia has received 6,932,600 tons of
cargoes worth AMD 13,646,900 or $37.2 million over the period between
January and October 2009 as humanitarian aid, National Statistical
Service reports referring to the State Revenue Committee.
This humanitarian aid was 32.2% less than that of the same period a
year earlier.
According to the statistical report, chemical products constituted
31.6% of the humanitarian aid received in Jan-Oct 2009, devices 20.8%,
textile 13.2%, mining industry’s products 5.5% and other goods 28.9%.
The cargoes were mainly received from the United States (56%), Iran
(6.3%), Switzerland (5.1%), China (5.7%), Germany (3%) and Italy (3%).
The CIS countries’ share in the humanitarian aid was 2.5%, including
Russia with its 0.6%. ($1 = AMD 385.76).