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Alina Hovhannisyan

SRC: Import of household equipment, furniture and cars to Armenia increased significantly

SRC: Import of household equipment, furniture and cars to Armenia increased significantly

ArmInfo. In Armenia, reforming customs procedures and increasing the purchasing power of the population led to an increase in imports of furniture, household appliances, equipment and cars - in Jan-Oct 2017 to the same period in 2016, there was a significant increase in imports of furniture for household appliances, equipment and cars. The State Revenue Committee of Armenia told ArmInfo.

In particular, furniture imports in Jan-Oct 2017 increased 4.4 times to 22.1 thousand tons, fans - 2.7 times to 104 thousand pieces, heating electronic equipment - 2.5 times to 1,220,315 pieces, boilers - 2.3 times to 27 043 units, cars - 2.1 times to 30 612 units, gas water heaters - by 92.9% to 28 301 units, vacuum cleaners - by 72.7% to 73 339 units, household electrical appliances - by 67.8% to 175 058 units, air conditioners - by 58.5% to 20 722 units, dishwashers - by 43% to 4 037 units, ventilation exhaust hoods - by 41 , 3% to 18,881, mobile phones - 33.1% to 323,787 units, refrigerators - by 29.3% to 47,608, TV sets The number of washing machines increased by 21.9% to 51,272, washing machines by 21.8% to 33,548 units, equipment operating on gaseous and other fuels by 16.6% to 21586 units. In this case, the import of hair clippers, on the contrary, decreased by 6.1% to 72,420 pieces.