Armenian Minister of Agriculture urges procurers to repay the debts within shortest time possible

ArmInfo. The key task in the  Armenian agriculture is to produce high-quality products, Minister of  Agriculture Ignaty Arakelyan said at a meeting on issues of  procurement of grapes, vegetables and fruit.     

As the press office of the Ministry reports, Arakelyan stressed that  the villagers should be sure that there are no problems with  procurement. Otherwise, he noted, the development of agricultural  production will be endangered. He urged the companies to repay the  debts for the previously supplied products within the shortest time  possible. In 2016, the procuring companies' total debts to the  farmers amounted to 1505.6 mln AMD versus 105.6 mln AMD for 2015. 

The representatives of the processing companies pointed out that they  have drafted a debt redemption schedule and will repay the debts  according to that schedule. They also raised a lot of issues related  to provision of excise stamps, sale of finished products, etc.     

The minister assured the participants that all the problems raised  will be discussed with the relevant structures and the solutions will  be found.