ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPORTERS OF ARMENIA ASSURES PROVISION OF STATE BUDGET WITH $5 MLN A YEAR BY ITS OWN PRODUCTION

ArmInfo
2009-12-01 15:54:00

ArmInfo. Today, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan visited
the Original Distillery Company, a vodka distillery, opened 4 months
ago by Sovrano Company, one of the biggest food and alcohol importers
in Armenia.

The prime minister surveyed the distillery company, got acquainted
with the production and talked to the company management. As Chairman
of the Board of Sovrano Company Sos Sahakyan said, after he meeting of
Armenia’s PM with big importers in February, 2009, the Company decided
to follow the government’s call and open its own production. "We have
selected a plant which did not work for one and half decades, and
founded a modern production on its basis. We invited technologists from
Russia and Ukraine, and we want to assure a proper product quality. The
vodka is made of the Ukrainian spirits and Armenian water", S. Sahakyan
said. He added that 80 jobs have already been opened in the Company.

According to T. Sarkisyan, the meeting held with big importers in
February, 2009, starts giving positive results. "You see that the new
production, organized during the last 4 months, was the importers’
response to the government’s call to open own productions", the PM
said. First, the import volumes reduce and the own production is
created. 80 jobs have been opened, and this number will reach 200
with the production extension. Second, the competition in the market
will naturally lead to improvement of the vodka quality, that will
positively affect our citizens’ health. Third, the company is going to
export the vodka, and not only to the neighbouring countries but also
to Russia and Ukraine. To assure competitiveness in these markets,
the quality requirement should be high, T. Sarkisyan said. According
to him, there are many industries in Armenia, where one may refuse
of the import and organize its own production which will not yield to
the import in quality. However, it s necessary to keep the quality",
T. Sarkisyan said.