ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed drivers' concerns regarding the increase in liquefied gas prices during a government session on January 15.
According to Gegham Gevorgyan, Chairman of the Competition and Consumer Protection Committee, drivers are concerned about the rising prices of liquefied gas. However, this is a typical annual phenomenon and not unusual. "The increase in liquefied gas prices in December is mainly due to issues at transport hubs, particularly the challenges at the Lars checkpoint, which are driving up transportation costs. Prices typically decrease in April-May and increase in December, and currently there is neither a serious problem nor a shortage in the liquefied gas market," he said.
In response, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that the situation described is a problem that must be addressed, including at the regional level. He emphasized the need for supply diversification to address the issue. "We must move in this direction, and we are already moving in that direction. And rest assured, this problem will not occur this December or next year," Pashinyan concluded.
Note that the price of liquefied gas increased by 30-40 drams the day before, and by evening, there was a shortage of liquefied gas at gas stations. By the end of the day, the price of liquefied gas gradually increased to 250 drams. Gegham Gevorgyan, head of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, stated that it is an exchange commodity imported into Armenia by more than 100 companies. "The largest importer accounts for no more than 9% of the total. It is absurd to think that all these companies are agreeing on a simultaneous price increase," he emphasized. According to the RA Customs Service, liquefied gas is imported primarily from Russia (99.1%), or over 126,871.9 tons in the first half of 2025, with a 30.6% increase in volume and a 45.6% increase in customs value (to $42.1 million). Supplies of liquefied gas from Iran decreased by 66% to 553.6 tons (0.4%), with a decrease in customs value by 66.7% to $233.9 thousand. The share of Iraqi liquefied gas accounted for 0.1% or 218.1 tons, which is 68.3% higher than the figure for the previous year, while the customs value increased by 2.8 times to $146 thousand. Much smaller volumes of liquefied gas arrived in Armenia from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, Turkey, China, Germany, and Poland.
