ArmInfo. Imports of oil products to Armenia in quantitative terms increased in the first half of 2021 by 3.7% per annum - up to 229.2 thousand tons (against an increase of 53.3% a year earlier). At the same time, the customs value increased by 31.3% - up to $ 150.1 million, as evidenced by the data of the Armenian Customs Service.
During the reporting period, oil products were mainly imported from Russia (71%) and Iran (23.6%), as well as from Greece (2.7%), the Netherlands (0.1%), and very scanty volumes from Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, Turkey, China, Canada, Switzerland.
According to the source, the growth was registered in the export line as well. In particular, Armenia increased the supply of petroleum products by 59.6% - to 240.6 tons, against the background of an increase in customs value by 45% to $ 142.3 thons. In the first half of 2021, Armenia exported the dominant volume of oil products to Iran (98%), and only 1.8% to Georgia, and the rest fell to the Russian Federation and Belarus.
