Armenia’s foreign trade deficit ups by 25% in 11 months to $2.319 billion

YEREVAN, December 20 /ARKA/. Armenia’s foreign trade deficit in the first 11 months of 2018 amounted to $2.319 billion, having upped from $1.859.4 billion, reported for the first 11 months of 2017. The growth, according to the National Statistical Committee, was 24.7%. 

According to the NSC, Armenian exports in the reporting period of time amounted to $2.202.3 billion, which is 9.8% more than in the same period of 2017. Imports amounted to $4.521.3 million, an increase of 24.2%.

In November 2018 Armenian exports decreased by 5%, when compared with November 2017, while imports grew by 12.5%. ($1 - AMD 484.55). -0-