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Karina Melikyan

Aluminum foil production volume in Armenia resumed growth in May

Aluminum foil production volume in Armenia resumed growth in May

ArmInfo. In January-May 2021, aluminum foil production decreased by 3% per annum (against 12.9% growth a year earlier), amounting to 14.087 thousand tons. This is  evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.

According to statistics, for a month alone, the volume of production  of aluminum foil turned the dynamics from the April 7.2% decline to  the May 7.7% growth, amounting to 2.8 thousand tons.

To nnote, in 2020, the production of aluminum foil in Armenia  increased by 16.2% - up to 35.482 thousand tons (against 7.7% growth  in 2019).

According to the RA Customs Service, in 2020 Armenia exported about  35.2 thousand tons of foil, providing a 7.9% growth (against 15.1%  growth in 2019). At the same time, the customs value decreased by  0.4% - to $ 94.7 million. Foil was mainly exported to the USA  (34.8%), Germany (30.4%), Poland (9.7%), the Netherlands (7.7%),  Italy (4.1%), Spain (3.7%), as well as France, Czech Republic,  Hungary, RF.