ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia reports that the issue of temporarily suspending the passage of Armenian trucks through the Armenian-Georgian border due to the accumulation of goods at Georgian customs offices in recent days has been resolved. In particular, this concerned the accumulation of trucks with Armenian bottled brandy.
According to the SRC, as a result of regulating the throughput capacity of Georgian customs authorities, trucks with Armenian bottled brandy have been released from RA customs warehouses, and as of June 19, 33 trucks have already been released.
Armenian brandy and wine exporters have been complaining for over a month about in Georgia, due to which trucks heading to Russia and other countries are idle for weeks at Georgian customs posts. Due to delays in inspection, Armenian exporters are suffering financial losses. The Armenian Minister of Economy had previously stated that he would discuss the issue during the visit of the Georgian Minister of Agriculture to Yerevan on June 6. However, the Georgian side cancelled the visit a day earlier, citing the minister's heavy workload.
The Georgian side had previously stated that the controls carried out at customs posts comply with the country's legislation and international standards. Armenian businessmen insist that such checks have not taken place for several decades. Neither Tbilisi nor Yerevan has yet explained what has changed in bilateral relations.
In the meantime, producers and exporters are demanding an explanation as to why Georgia is detaining trucks with their products and sending the goods for laboratory testing, despite the fact that they are not intended for the Georgian market and are in transit to Russia and other countries.
And Armenian producers of alcoholic beverages appealed to state and international structures, in particular, to the National Assembly of Armenia, the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the EBRD, the UN, the EDB and the WTO with a request to urgently assess the tense situation with the transit of Armenian goods through the customs territory of Georgia.
The letter stated that the Georgian side, violating the accepted international trade criteria, causes significant material damage to Armenian producers, who are unable to fulfill their contractual obligations to a third party. The authors of the letter appealed to international organizations and partners abroad with a request to urge the Georgian government to end this unauthorized blockade and lift the restrictions that impede the transit movement of goods through its territory.