ArmInfo. The "Armenal" plant finished 2020 with an unprecedented indicator in its entire history. According to the data of the Statistical Committee, over the past year the production of aluminum foil in Armenia increased by 16.2%, amounting to 35,481.9 tons. Whereas a year earlier, an increase of 7.7% was registered.
It should be noted that the plant exceeds the 30 thousandth threshold for the third time. In particular, in 2019 production volumes amounted to 30,547 tons, in 2017 - 33,724 tons. According to statistics, in December 2020 alone the production of aluminum foil decreased by 7.4%, amounting to 2,873.9 tons.
To recall, according to the data of the RA Customs Service, in the 1st half of 2020 17.3 thousand tons of aluminum foil were exported from Armenia, which is 3% higher than a year ago (against 0.8% growth a year earlier). At the same time, in monetary terms, the export of foil showed a decline of 8.1% per annum - to $ 45.8 million.
Foil was mainly exported to the USA (36.6%), Germany (27.5%), Poland (10.4%) and the Netherlands (8.7%), Spain (4.4%), Austria (4.4%) %), Italy (3.9%), the United Kingdom (2.7%), France (1%), as well as the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Russian Federation.
