ArmInfo. Thanks to the daily work of the Armenian-Georgian joint working group, the issue of exporting Armenian brandy has been largely resolved. This was reported by the Minister of Economy of Armenia Gevorg Papoyan on his Facebook page.
"As you know, during our visit to Georgia, we agreed to create a working group of representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Georgia to resolve the problems that have arisen in the export of Armenian brandy. As a result of the daily work of the working group, I can already say today that the issue of brandy export has been largely resolved," the minister wrote.
As an example, he cited data from the Georgian side, according to which 27 cars loaded with bottled brandy were able to leave the Georgian customs point of Gezi during the day, and another 1 car did not pass inspection.
"This statistic once again confirms that the vast majority of bottled goods exported from Armenia (in this case, more than 96%) are of proper quality and meet all the standards established for brandy. I would like to thank our brandy producers for their patience, understanding and high quality of their products," Papoyan concluded.
That for three months, Armenian brandy producers and their exporters faced artificial obstacles created by the Georgian side for Armenian producers supplying brandy to third-country markets. Dozens of Armenian trucks loaded with this drink stood idle for weeks at Georgian customs. Due to delays in inspection, Armenian exporters suffered large financial losses. The issue was partially resolved after the Armenian delegation visited Tbilisi at the end of June this year.
As ejc.am reported at the time, citing the director of the ACSES analytical center, Haykaz Fanyan, the restrictions on the export of Armenian brandy through the Armenian-Georgian border had a very "banal" explanation. "According to some information, certain officials want to establish some control over the distribution of Armenian brandy. That is, instead of Armenian producers themselves exporting brandy to Russia through Georgia, companies controlled by the Georgians themselves would purchase this brandy and re-export it, receiving a certain commission," Fanyan noted at the time.
