ArmInfo. In the first half of 2025, Armenia saw a 7.4% reducion in copper concentrate exports, totaling 156,000 tons, while its customs value decreased by 0.1% to $267.2 million. According to data from the RA Customs Service, the bulk of copper concentrate was exported to China (87%), Bulgaria (10.6%), and Iran (2.5%). A much smaller amount, up to 1 ton, was supplied to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Molybdenum concentrate exports decreased by 23.2%, amounting to 4,600 tons, with a customs value decrease of 13% to $98 million. Molybdenum concentrate from Armenia was supplied to markets in Belgium (47.4%), the Netherlands (16%), Russia (11%), Korea (7.7%), China (6.7%), Brazil (2.5%), as well as Hong Kong, Germany, Slovenia, and Austria.
Zinc concentrate shipments increased by 14% year-on-year in the first half of the year, reaching 5,700 tons, while the value increased by 37% to $10 million. As in previous years, the entire volume went to Belgium. Exports of ores containing precious metals increased by 27% during the reporting period to 14.1 thousand tons, while the customs value increased by 70% to $94.8 million.
The largest volumes of precious metal-containing ores exported went to Switzerland (67.6%) and Malaysia (32.3%), with very small volumes shipped to the markets of the United Kingdom, China, Spain, South Africa, and the Netherlands. According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in the first half of 2025, the country produced 131.2 thousand tons of copper concentrate (a 9.3% year-on-year decline), 5.854 thousand tons of zinc concentrate (an 8.7% year-on-year increase), and 7.069.4 thousand tons of molybdenum concentrate (a 10.8% year-on-year decline).
