ArmInfo.The industrial sector of Armenia increased production in January-November 2021 by 2.7% (against a decline of 0.2% a year earlier), amounting to 2.1 trillion drams ($ 4.1 billion). As evidenced by the data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, such dynamics is due to the improvement in the trend of the manufacturing industry - with the exit from recession to growth, with a negligible recession in the mining sector.
Moreover, in November 2021 alone, industrial production in Armenia showed an increase of 13.8%, providing a volume of 257 billion drams ($ 537.8 million).
According to the source, in January-November 2021, by the same period of 2020, a 0.4% decline was recorded in the mining industry and in open pit development (against an increase of 12.7% a year earlier), with a volume of AMD 538.2 billion, of which AMD 47.3 billion fell in November monthly growth of 0.4%.
The volume of the manufacturing industry increased in January-November by 2.6% per annum (against a decline of 3.4% a year earlier), amounting to 1.3 trillion drams, of which 182.5 billion drams fell in November with an increase of 18.2% over the month.
In the manufacturing industry, in January-November 2021 decline in volumes was recorded: in the production of finished metal products (by 40.9%), jewelry (by 34.6%), the chemical industry (by 24.9%), the production of cigarettes (by 14, 3%), basic metals (by 13.5%), computers, optical and electronic equipment (by 1.2%) a. At the same time, in January-November 2021 a growth was recorded: in the production of textiles (2.2- fold), machinery and equipment (94.7%), beverages (25.5%), clothing (24.4%), other non-metallic mineral products (23.4 %), furniture (by 22.9%), rubber and plastic products (by 20.9%), electronic equipment (by 5.4%), pharmaceutical products (by 3.9%), food (by 2, 8%) and printing activity (by 2.3%). In the manufacturing industry, the leaders in terms of production are food (475.5 billion drams), beverages (183 billion drams), base metals (164.2 billion drams), cigarettes (123.8 billion drams).
According to statistics, the supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air as a whole increased in January-November 2021 by 8% against the same period of 2020 (against an increase of 0.4% a year earlier) - up to 247.8 billion drams. In November alone, an increase of 16.1% was recorded - up to 25.3 billion drams. Moreover, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in January-November showed an increase of 6.6% per annum, while gas production, distribution of gaseous fuel through gas supply systems increased by 15.3% per annum. Revenues from water supply, waste treatment and processing and production of secondary raw materials increased in January-November by 6.9% per annum (against a 14.4% decline a year earlier) - to 21.1 billion drams, with a decline of 10.8 in November % - up to 1.8 billion drams. Moreover, the upward trend in this segment was mainly due to the collection, processing and disposal of waste, the production of secondary raw materials, with a y-o-y growth of 12.4%. The average settlement rate of the dram to the US dollar was AMD 477.66 / $ 1 in November 2021, and AMD 505.46 / $ 1 in January-November 2021.
