Yerevan, November 23. ArmInfo, Tatevik Shagunyan. Armenia has improved its position in the World Economic Forum competitiveness ranking by 9 positions taking 19
h place from 140 countries. The chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition Artak Shaboyan said this at a press conference.
According to him, Armenia in this rating is far ahead of the post-Soviet countries, even the Baltic states, which are located on the 40th, 50th lines. Referring to the work of the department, he said that this year 202 "controversial cases" were revealed, 140 in the area of public procurement. "All materials are sent to the appropriate structures," Shaboyan said, while assuring that the incidence of violations in the field of public procurement was significantly reduced compared to previous years.
He further presented the situation on the market for essential goods. According to Shaboyan, if in 2014 there were 24 economic entities operating in the oil import market, then this year their number increased to 57. In the flour market, the number of economic entities since 2014 has increased from 30 to 149. Over the past four years, the number of importers in the sugar market has increased from 36 to 62. Instead of 9 importers, a banana now began to bring 21 business entities. According to him, the same trend in the markets of all essential goods.