ArmInfo. In the first half of 2020, sugar was imported to Armenia mainly from Russia, while Brazil was traditionally the supplier of sugar to the Armenian market. Thus, according to the RA Customs Service, a total of 21.3 thousand tons of sugar were supplied to Armenia during the reporting period with a y-o-y decline of 35% (against a 10.9% decline a year earlier). At the same time, the customs value decreased by 41.1%, amounting to about $ 7 million.
According to the source, the lion's share (98%) was imported from Russia, and the rest was distributed between Ukraine (1.3%), Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, France, Syria, Germany, the Netherlands, Colombia, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Moreover, only 34 kg were imported from Brazil, while a year earlier in the same period the volume was leading (26.5 thousand tons).
According to the source, during the reporting period, Armenia exported 23.2 tons of sugar for a total amount of $ 16.4 thousand (with a 15.5-fold y-o-y growth in volume and 7.8-fold in cost). The main export market was Russia (94.8%), while the remaining volume fell to the USA (5.2%).
It should be noted that according to previously available data, 99.9% of sugar imports to Armenia fall on the share of the "Alex-Grig" company, which belongs to the family of the Armenian oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan.
