Share of Armenia`s top five trading partners 64% against 74% year ago Monday, October 13 2025 11:30:00
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 ArmInfo. The share of Armenia's top five trading partners-Russia, China, the UAE, Iran, and Germany-decreased in January-August 2025 to a combined 64% of total turnover, amounting to $8.3 billion in absolute terms (compared to $16.2 billion, or 74%, a year ago). |
Monday, October 13 2025 11:26
ArmInfo.Transactions with precious metals and stones have been declining in Armenia's foreign trade since 2025, accounting for 23% of the total ($3 billion) in the first eight months of the year, down from 57% ($12.6 billion) a year ago. This category of goods played a decisive role in the deterioration of the country's annual foreign trade turnover, which plummeted from a significant 79.6% growth to a significant 41.1% decline. >>> |
Wednesday, October 8 2025 15:39
ArmInfo. In Armenia, the service sector accelerated its year-on- year growth from 5.2% to 10.2% in January-August 2025, reaching a volume of 2.6 trillion drams ($6.6 billion). In August alone, the volume of services provided increased by 3.8% to 359.1 billion drams ($937.2 million). This is according to data from the RA Statistics Committee. >>> |
Wednesday, October 8 2025 15:35
ArmInfo.Revenue from Armenia's trade sector in January-August 2025 slowed to 3.9% (from 20.4% a year earlier), amounting to 4.1 trillion drams ($10.6 billion). According to the RA Statistics Committee, trade turnover in Armenia increased by 1.2% in August of this year, reaching 589.5 billion drams ($1.5 billion). >>> |
Wednesday, October 8 2025 15:36
ArmInfo. Revenue in Armenia's communications sector in January-August 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, slowed from 3.8% to 2%, reaching 112 billion drams. This is according to data from the RA Statistics Committee. >>> |
Wednesday, October 8 2025 13:46
ArmInfo.Freight transportation volumes in Armenia in January- August 2025 increased by 1.1% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 10,620,600 tons, according to data from the RA Statistics Committee. >>> |
Wednesday, October 8 2025 13:07
ArmInfo. Armenia generated 6,508.1 million kWh of electricity in January-August 2025, up 7.1% year-on-year. >>> |
Monday, October 6 2025 15:38
ArmInfo.In September 2025, compared to September 2024, inflation in the Armenian consumer market amounted to 3.7% (against 0.6% a year ago), driven by rising prices for food and services. In the first 9 months of 2025, inflation amounted to 1.1% (against 1.1% deflation in the same period last year), which was also the result of rising prices for services while prices for food and non-food products remained unchanged. >>> |
Thursday, September 25 2025 16:27
ArmInfo.In Armenia, the industrial price index decreased from 102.9% to 102.8% in January-August 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. This decline was noted alongside a shift in the annual dynamics of the industrial sector, moving from a 13.7% growth to a 7.8% decline, with a volume of 1.8 trillion drams ($4.5 billion), according to preliminary data from the RA Statistics Committee. >>> |
Thursday, September 25 2025 16:21
ArmInfo. Armenia's economic activity growth slowed to 7.1% in January-August 2025 (down from 9% in the same period in 2024). Moreover, the industrial sector, which was one of a key drivers of growth the previous year, is weakening the pace of economic growth with its current downturn. >>> |
Monday, September 8 2025 12:56
ArmInfo. Armenia's external debt to the World Bank (WB) increased by 1.3% in the first half of 2025 (against a 2.7% decline in the same period a year ago), while accelerating in growth from 2.3% to 4.6% year-on-year, exceeding $1.7 billion. This is evidenced by data from the RA Statistical Committee. >>> |
Saturday, September 6 2025 16:02
ArmInfo. In January-July 2025, Armenia generated 5,557.6 million kWh of electricity, which is 6.5% higher than the same period last year. According to the RA Statistical Committee, in July alone, electricity generation increased by 23% to 862.5 million kWh. >>> |
Saturday, September 6 2025 16:00
ArmInfo. In January-July 2025, the metallurgical industry of Armenia reversed its annual dynamics from 7% growth to 7% decline. According to the data of the RA Statistical Committee, this was provoked by a decline in the volumes of the dominant production - copper concentrate, as well as molybdenum concentrate and ferromolybdenum. >>> |
Saturday, September 6 2025 14:50
ArmInfo. In the industrial sector of Armenia, production volumes decreased by 9.8% per annum in January-July 2025 (against 15.7% growth a year ago), amounting to 1.5 trillion drams ($3.8 billion). But in July alone, the industrial sector demonstrated growth of 7.4% - up to 244 billion drams ($635.3 million). This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee. >>> |
Saturday, September 6 2025 12:55
ArmInfo. The TOP-5 countries in foreign trade with Armenia are Russia, China, the UAE, Iran and Germany, with a total volume for January-July 2025 of $7.4 billion (65% of the total turnover). Of these, four have reduced their volumes year-on-year: Russia by 52.1%, China by 12.5%, the UAE by 67.9%, Germany by 4.2%, despite the fact that a year ago the Russian Federation, the UAE and China demonstrated significant growth, while Germany was then in a more pronounced decline. At the same time, Iran managed to improve the annual dynamics, exiting a 2% decline by 6.3% growth. Judging by the data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, a significant drop in the volume of foreign trade between the Russian Federation and the UAE with Armenia is due to the elimination of the factor of re-export and re-import of diamonds and gold. >>> |
Friday, September 5 2025 15:29
ArmInfo. In Armenia's foreign trade, transactions with precious metals and stones have been declining since 2025, amounting to 24% ($2.7 billion) in total volume over 7 months against 59.4% ($11.7 billion) a year ago. This category of goods played a decisive role in the deterioration of the annual dynamics of the country's foreign trade turnover, which fell from a significant 95% growth to a significant 42% decline. Thus, according to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in January-July 2025, the share of imports and exports of precious metals and stones in total trade fell to 18.1% and 33.2%, respectively, while in the same period last year it was 52% and 69%. In terms of volume, during the reporting period, these products were imported for $1.3 billion and exported for $1.5 billion: over the year, their imports fell by 77.5%, and exports - by 75.7%. >>> |
Friday, September 5 2025 12:59
ArmInfo. In Armenia, economic activity growth in January-July 2025 slowed down to 7.1% per annum (from 9.6% in the same period of 2024). Moreover, the industrial sector, which was one of the growth drivers a year earlier, is weakening the pace of economic growth with the current decline. According to the final data of the RA Statistical Committee, this is accompanied by a reversal in the dynamics of foreign trade from significant growth to a significant decline. According to statistics, the slowdown in economic activity growth in January-July 2025 was largely due to the deterioration in the annual dynamics of the industrial sector from 15.7% growth to 9.8% decline and a strong slowdown in the growth of the trade sector from 21.4% to 4.2%. A noticeable increase in growth is noted in the energy complex - from 2.8% to 5.6%. At the same time, the service sector managed to accelerate in annual growth from 4.5% to 10.6%, which was also noted at a more pronounced pace in the construction sector - from 16.1% to 20.2%. There is no data on the agricultural sector, since the Statistical Committee indicates them only in quarterly and annual reports. >>> |
Thursday, September 4 2025 12:35
ArmInfo. In August 2025, compared to August 2024, inflation of 3.6% was recorded in the consumer market of Armenia (against the inflation of 1.3% a year ago), provoked by the rise in prices of food products and services. In the first 8 months of 2025, inflation was formed at the level of 0.8% (against last year's deflation of 1.2% in the same period), which was also the result of the rise in prices of services with a slight decrease in prices of food and non-food products. According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in August of this year alone, inflation of 0.2% was recorded (against the inflation of 0.1% a year earlier in the same month), provoked by the unchanged prices of food products and an increase in prices of non-food products and services by 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively. In Yerevan, consumer prices increased by 0.2% in August, against a 0.1% decline in August 2024. >>> |
Monday, August 25 2025 16:47
ArmInfo. In Armenia, the industrial price index decreased in January-July 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, dropping from 102.8% to 102.5%. This was observed alongside a worsening annual trend in the industrial sector, shifting from 15.7% growth to 9.8% decline, totaling 1.5 trillion drams ($3.8 billion), as evidenced by preliminary data from the RA Statistical Committee. >>> |
Monday, August 25 2025 16:28
ArmInfo. In Armenia, economic activity growth in January-July 2025 slowed down to 7% per annum (from 9.6% in the same period of 2024). Moreover, the industrial sector, which was one of the growth drivers a year earlier, is now weakening the pace of economic growth. >>> |
Friday, August 22 2025 10:59
ArmInfo. In January-July 2025, 1.15 million tourists visited Armenia, which is 2.5% lower than the figure for the previous year. This was reported by the Tourism Committee of Armenia. >>> |
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