3-5 sectors of the Armenian economy will be identified, capable of providing production volumes of $ 1 billion or more in the medium term
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30.08.2019
The trends in the manufacturing industry of Armenia are encouraging. Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan expressed this opinion on August 29 in an interview with reporters after a government meeting.
Thus, according to the Minister, in January-July 2019, economic activity in Armenia increased by 6.8% per annum and the services, trade and industrial sectors acted as growth drivers. In July this year By July 2018, economic activity increased by 8.1%, and only in July 2019 - by 12.8%. "In July, a 16.1% growth in industry was recorded and, very importantly, Armenian exports grew by 19.5%. If you remember, we had a decline in export volumes until June, inclusively, but today we have total 3% growth in export volumes January-July 2018, "Khachatryan said.
In particular, as the head of the Ministry of Economy pointed out, according to the latest data from the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, there is a positive trend in the manufacturing industry. So, the production of brandy, chocolate, cigarettes has increased, there are positive trends in engineering and jewelry.
To the question of how reasonable are the forecasts for double-digit economic growth in the medium term, Tigran Khachatryan replied: "Over the past 3 years, Armenia has recorded growth in economic activity in the range of 6-8% over the past 3 years. On average, the growth over these three years has doubled 2014- 2016, but everything will depend on the introduction of modern technologies in specific sectors of the economy. " According to him, the government is focused on software industry-wide labor productivity growth.
According to the head of the Ministry of Economy, the Armenian government, together with the relevant UN agency, is assessing the investment environment of the republic. As a result, 3-5 sectors of the economy will be identified that have the greatest growth potential and are capable of providing production volumes of $ 1 billion or more in the medium term.
It should be noted that the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today called realistic to ensure double-digit economic growth before the government meeting. "An analysis of this year's data shows us that fixing double-digit economic growth is not fantastic. Today, the biggest problem for us is that there are questions on the volume, pace and schedule of capital investments. If this problem could be effectively resolved, then today our economic performance would be much higher, "said the prime minister.
Pashinyan recalled that the main task of the government is to plan capital investments for 2020, properly organize tenders, conduct them and conclude contracts for all capital investments by January 1. "We need to take into account not only budgetary funds, but also those additional resources that may arise in the process, like this year. When these additional funds appear, we should not discuss for weeks what to spend them on," the head of government said.