ArmInfo. In H1 2021, Armenia reduced the export of copper ore by 9.5% per annum (against 17.8% growth a year earlier) - to 240.5 thousand tons. At the same time, having increased the customs value by 50% - up to $ 421.3 million.
According to the data of the RA Customs Service, copper ore was exported to China (42.1%), Switzerland (31.6%), Bulgaria (26.3%), as well as to Canada, Romania, Australia, the Netherlands, Georgia, the United Kingdom.
A downward trend was also observed in the export of molybdenum concentrate, the volume of which decreased by 7% (against an 14.3-fold increase a year earlier), amounting to 6.3 thousand tons. However, the customs value increased by 48.9% - to $ 66.9 million. The main share of exports was shared by China (81.1%); the Republic of Korea (7.9%), Switzerland (5.6%), Belgium (0.4%) -with smaller volumes, and the remaining small volume - the Russian Federation, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Zinc concentrate exports decreased by 0.7% (versus 20.9% growth in the previous year), amounting to 6.9 thousand tonnes, wile the entire volume was shared by Belgium (as in the previous year). During the reporting period, the customs value increased by 59.5% - to $ 9.1 million.
Exports of ores containing precious metals in H1 2021 decreased by 52.4% - to 1.4 thousand tons (against 58.8% growth in the previous year). The customs value fell by 81.6% to $ 1.3 million. Moreover, almost the entire volume of exported raw materials, as in the previous year, fell on Switzerland (99.9%), and the remaining volume was supplied to the Russian market.
According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in H1 2021, copper concentrate production increased by 7.5% per annum (against 16.6% growth a year earlier), with a volume of 202.4 thousand tons. Zinc concentrate production decreased by 16.3% per annum (against 28.2% growth a year earlier), amounting to 5.807 thousand tons. The production of molybdenum concentrate decreased in the first half of the year by 3.8% per annum (against an increase of 1.8 times a year earlier), amounting to 11.934 thousand tons.
