ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2018, the Armenian trade sector accelerated the annual growth rate from 11.3% to 12.9%, amounting to 578.2 billion drams ($ 1.2 billion). The improvement in the dynamics was due to the acceleration in the growth of wholesale trade against the background of a continuing positive trend in retail and automobile trade. According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, only in March 2018 the trade turnover in Armenia increased by 8.6% to 219.2 billion drams ($ 456.2 million).