Friday, February 16 2018 15:59

ArmInfo. In 2017, in Artsakh,  gross agricultural production, in comparison with last year's  indicator, increased by 7.8% - up to 76.2 billion AMD. According to  the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Artsakh, growth  is mainly due to crop production.

So, as Artsakhpress reports, in the structure of gross agricultural  production meat production is predominant - 32.4%, cereals - 28.2%,  milk - 13.5%.

At the same time, in the reporting period, in comparison with 2016 in  the structure of gross agricultural production by 5.9 percentage  points the specific weight of meat production increased, the  cultivation of vegetables increased by 1.5 percentage points and by  1.3 percentage points fruit and berry crops.

At the same time, in the republic in January-December of the past  year, in comparison with 2016, the number of cattle decreased by  4.8%, including cows - by 2.5%, small cattle - by 33.2% %. Meanwhile,  the number of pigs increased by 4.7%, and birds - by 7.1%.

According to the results of 2017, the Ministry of Finance of the  Republic of Artsakh counts for 15% growth, and the gross domestic  product - about 267 billion AMD. In particular, it is expected that 6  out of 15% of growth will be provided by the mining industry, and the  remaining 9% - other sectors of the economy, in particular, 2% at the  expense of other sectors of industry - energy, processing industry,  1.5% - construction, 1.2% - agriculture and about 3.8% at the expense  of the financial sector. According to the results of this year, GDP  growth is expected at 8%.