ArmInfo. In 2019, Armenia imported 55.8 thousand tons of sugar, which is 32% less than the indicator a year ago (against the decline by 26% in 2018). According to the report of the RA Customs Service, in value terms, sugar imports decreased by 32.4% to $ 20.2 million.
Sugar is mainly imported to Armenia from Brazil (70.9%), the Russian Federation (25.3%), Ukraine (11.5%), Belarus (0.2%), and the rest comes from France, Italy, India, Germany, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Colombia, Lebanon, Sweden, Swaziland, USA, Poland, Greece.
In 2019, Armenia increased sugar exports from 1.5 tons to 42.5 tons. The Syrian Arab Republic (94.1%) acted as sales markets, the remainder fell to the USA, Georgia, Iran and Germany.
According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in 2019, 59981 tons of refined sugar, produced from cane or beet sugar in solid form, were produced in Armenia. In y-o-y terms, the growth of this indicator amounted to 3.4%.
It should be noted that according to previously available data, 99.9% of sugar imports to Armenia are accounted for by Alex-Grig, owned by the family of Armenian oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan.
