UPPER LARS OPENING MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO BRANDY EXPORTER
Tert.am
14:06 ~U 15.03.10
The opening of the Upper Lars checkpoint will in no way turn have
an effect on the volume of brandy being exported from Armenia, said
Yerevan Brandy Company Managing Director Ara Grigoryan at a press
conference in the Armenian city of Berd.
"We export our goods via the Yerevan-Poti-Novorossiysk route. We’ve
never had transport or logistic issues. The drop in brandy sales in
the Russian market was more so connected to financial issues, when
the big chains had financial difficulties: the goods were being sold,
but no money was being transferred to the supplier, [and that’s]
why the supply was discontinued," said Grigoryan.
Grigoryan also noted that the Yerevan Brandy Company has opened up
a brandy and spirits distillery in the city of Berd, in the marz
(province) of Tavush, which operates using distillery equipment
brought from France.