Saturday, October 19 2019 14:45

ArmInfo.On October 19, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan visited Gyumri, where he got acquainted with the progress of construction work on a vehicle  customs house. During the detour, the head of government was  accompanied by David Ananyan, Chairman of the RA State Revenue  Committee (SRC).

It should be noted that earlier in April the RA Prime Minister  instructed the head of the SRC to take measures to transfer auto  customs from Yerevan to Gyumri. It was originally planned that the  new point will begin its activities on October 11, but for objective  reasons, these dates had to be postponed.  The deputy head of the  State Customs Committee Shushanik Nersisyan, in an interview with  reporters, noted that a car customs office would open soon,  considering the scale of construction work. She also emphasized that  since October 21, only those cars that were transported in trailers  or in trucks have been cleared in Yerevan, the rest will be in  Gyumri.

Nersisyan noted that before the transfer of the customs house from  Yerevan to Gyumri, 35-40 cars were cleared daily, whereas yesterday  the number of vehicles reached 180. In this regard, she noted that  upon completion of construction work the number of cars will reach  350-400 on a daily basis. At the same time, the deputy head of the  SRC noted that, taking into account the expected volumes, the car  customs will work in a seven-day mode, and the number of employees  from 30-35 will reach 50-55.

To note, the construction of a new customs clearance point in the  north of Armenia will be fully completed in late October - early  November. This was stated earlier by the Chairman of the State  Revenue Committee (SRC) of the RA David Ananyan. According to him, it  was originally planned that the new point will begin its activities  on October 11, but for objective reasons, these dates had to be  postponed. In particular, if according to the plan it was planned to  build a new customs clearance on an area of 800 square meters, now we  are talking about 4.5 thousand square meters, which, according to  David Ananyan, has become a challenge for builders. Nevertheless, the  head of the SRC assured that in early November buildings and  structures on an area of 6 hectares will be ready. The new facility  will become part of the project to create centers of foreign economic  activity with a total area of 21 hectares, the construction of which  will be fully completed within 1-3 years.