ArmInfo. The production volumes of the textile industry in 2020 settled by 31.6%, amounting to 974.8 million drams, against an increase of 15.9% in 2019, when in absolute terms, it provided production volumes of 1.4 billion drams.
According to the Statistical Committee of Armenia, the main reason for the drop in production in the industry was a sharp and unprecedented drop in the production of carpets and carpet weaving products - by 76.5% to 7.4 tons.
According to statisticians' data, in 2020 Armenian factories produced 19,277.4 thousand pairs of tights, leggings, socks and other hosiery, which is 4.3% less than a year ago.
However, at the same time, the statistics on the production of jumpers, pullovers, cardigans, jackets (vests) or similar products (knitted or crocheted), of which 8,914.7 thousand pieces were produced, with an annual growth of 31.3 %.
Positive dynamics was also observed in the production of fabrics, the volume of which for the reporting period amounted to 15.4 tons, which is 3.3 times higher than the indicator of a year ago.
