ArmInfo. The positive dynamics formed due to temporary re- export or Russian immigrants threatens to turn into a catastrophe for Armenia. Head of Mantashyants Entrepreneurs Union Vahram Mirakyan stated this.
, Mirakyan wrote on his Facebook page.
Meanwhile, exporters of the processing sector (canned food, wine, brandy, dried fruits, etc.) have reduced purchases from farms this year or are buying at a lower price in order to reduce the cost of the product. This, in turn, hurts the approximately 1 million farms that grow agricultural products.
Mirakian warns - "If bureaucrats, out of touch with reality, continue to think in their slow motion, processing companies will explode and go bankrupt one after another. The process has already started.
In his opinion, processing enterprises are threatened with chain bankruptcy, which will set Armenia's agriculture back for another 10-20 years. "In addition to that, in recent years, the state has poured huge amounts of money into the agricultural processing sector, and these amounts that the state gives will be cut. I already know manufacturers who are planning to close their factories in Armenia and move them to Russia, because their market is there, and here they will only import. Apparently, our state does not like value creators, it only likes importers," the expert noted.
In addition, according to the head of the Union, after the explosion on the Crimean bridge, control was tightened at the Upper Lars checkpoint.
Vahram Mirakyan points out that as a result of the devaluation of the dollar, other sectors also suffer: inbound tourism, construction, the IT sector, the investment attractiveness of Armenia is lost, etc.
The head of the Union calls for urgently providing all exporters with a 20% cashback, with the exception of re-exporters. He also proposes to subsidize the cost of freight to offset Lars' problems, subsidize and invest in air freight. If the state does not take these simple steps, according to him, it will suffer much greater losses.
, Vahram Mirakyan concluded.
A few days earlier, Vahram Mirakyan called on the country's authorities to "devalue the dram at any cost", saying that Armenia is at the initial stage of the "Dutch disease".
