ArmInfo. The Ministry of Economy of Armenia is studying the publication of "Rosselkhoznadzor" to understand the degree of non-compliance of Armenian products with the standards applied by the Russian Federation.
This was stated by the head of the department, Vahan Kerobyan, on November 29 in a conversation with journalists, touching on the statement of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation about the growing frequency of violations during the supply of plant products from Armenia.
Let us remind you that about 1,600 trucks are waiting to pass through the Upper Lars international checkpoint. The road has been closed to trucks since the evening of November 26 due to unfavorable weather conditions. Trucks have been idle on the Russian-Georgian border for several days also due to increased laboratory control in recent days, as a result of which several dozen vehicles have already been returned to the Republic of Armenia.
"It's strange that over the entire year and in these two days, as many as 35 trucks were returned (to Armenia). And this is in the case when no changes were made in the regulations or in the quality of the supplied products," Kerobyan noted, refraining from answering the question whether this is related to the "non-participation" of the Republic of Armenia in CSTO events.
As the minister indicated, the Armenian Ministry of Economy has convened an urgent discussion within the EAEU, which will take place over the next two days.
As for the dissatisfaction of experts and exporters due to the fact that the Ministry of Economy is not working towards diversifying sales markets, then, according to Kerobyan, they simply do not notice "what is being done in China, Japan, the USA, the EU and the Persian Gulf countries".
At the same time, as the head of the Ministry of Economy noted, each exporter must negotiate with his buyer and sell his products in various markets. "If exporters believe that they can make big profits in one market with little effort and cheap products and are happy with it when faced with problems, it should be understood that such an opportunity can also be risky," Vahan Kerobyan concluded.
