ArmInfo. In January-August 2020, according to the data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, 21.6 million liters were produced in Armenia. cognac, which is 12% less than a year ago (against 44.5% growth a year earlier).
The volume of wine produced in Armenia amounted to 5.5 million liters, with an annual decline of 24.2% against 38.2% growth in January-August 2018, champagne - 269.7 thousand liters. with an annual decline of 26.3%, against an increase of 14.8% over the same period last year.
At the same time, the production of vodka decreased by 22.4% (against an increase of 37%) to 2.5 million liters, and beer - by 13.2%, whereas a year earlier, an increase of 15.1% to 17 million was registered. .l. According to statistics, during the reporting period, Armenia produced 161.4 thousand liters. whiskey, with an annual decline of 69.6%, which is 7.9% more than a year ago.
Recall, according to the RA Customs Service, in the first half of 2020, Armenia exported 901.9 thousand liters. wines, with a decline over the year by 30.6% (against growth by 16.5% last year), with a decline in customs value by 24.7% to $ 3.2 million. Traditionally, the main export market for Armenian wine is the Russian Federation, which share accounts for 69.8% of exports, instead of 72.3% in the first half of 2019, followed by the United States with a share of 8.9% (instead of 3.4% a year earlier), Switzerland - 5.5% (instead of 4%), France - 2.9% (instead of 1.8%), Italy - 2.3% (instead of 1.5%), Argentina - 1.4% (whereas a year earlier Argentina did not figure), Belarus -1.1% (instead of 0.8% a year earlier), China - 1% (instead of 5% a year earlier), as well as Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Israel, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Canada, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Taiwan, India, Australia, United Kingdom, etc.
Export of beer in the first half of 2020 decreased by 56.7% (instead of 22.5% growth over the same period of 2019) to 396.8 thousand liters, with a decrease in customs value by 57.5% to $ 316 thousand. The main market for export supplies of Armenian beer is also the Russian Federation , having reduced the share from 85.4% a year earlier to 64.6% at the end of the reporting period, the USA (with a share of 11.2% instead of 4% last year), France - 8.6% (instead of 2%), Poland 5 , 5% (instead of 3.9%), Argentina 2.7% (whereas a year earlier Argentina did not figure), Georgia - 2.5% (instead of 1%), Belgium - 2.2% (whereas a year earlier, by the share of the Belgian market accounted for a negligible share), Ukraine - 2% (instead of 1.6%), Canada - 0.5% (instead of 0.2%).
In January-July, Armenia reduced the export of ethyl alcohol (with a strength of up to 80 degrees), including alcohol-containing liqueur, liqueur and other alcoholic beverages by 22.7% (while an increase of 4.5% was recorded a year earlier) to 9.9 million. l. At the same time, the customs value amounted to $ 82.8 million, which is 14.1% less than a year ago. The lion's share of ethyl alcohol exports falls on the Russian market with a share of 88.2% (instead of 90.4% for the same period of 2019), the remaining volume was distributed among a number of countries, including Belarus 3.5% (instead of 1, 8%), Ukraine - 4.2% (instead of 3%), Georgia - 0.7% (instead of 0.6%), Kazakhstan - 0.6% (instead of 0.4%), the USA - 0.4%, Germany - 0.3% (instead of 0.2%), France -0.1% (instead of 5%), as well as Moldova, Czech Republic, China, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Israel, Lebanon, Canada, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Mongolia, etc. Separately, the CU RA does not publish the export figures for brandy for some unknown reason.