Deficit Of Current Account Of Balance Of Payment Grows By 1.5% In Ar

DEFICIT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT OF BALANCE OF PAYMENT GROWS BY 1.5% IN ARMENIAN GDP IN 2007 AS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
April 21, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The deficit of the current account of
the balance of payment of the Republic of Armenia made 571.36 mln USD
in late 2007, growing by 454.23 mln USD as compared with 2006. The
growth was mainly conditioned by an increase of the negative balance
of the foreign trade turnover.

According to the RA National Statistical Service, by the 2007 results,
the deficit of the current account made up 5.3% of Armenian GDP –
against 3.8% in the same period of 2006.