ArmInfo. Revenue from Armenia's trade sector in January-September 2026 slowed from 3.5% to a nearly stagnant 0.6%, amounting to 5 trillion drams ($13.5 billion). According to the RA Statistics Committee, trade turnover in Armenia decreased by 1.4% in September of this year, to 612.6 billion drams (over $1.6 billion).
Nevertheless, the trade sector managed to maintain growth thanks to the continued upward momentum of retail and automobile trade, while the dominant wholesale trade began to decline.
In particular, wholesale trade in January-September 2026 Retail trade reversed its annual growth rate from 2.9% to a 3% decline, generating revenue of 3.2 trillion drams.
At the same time, retail trade maintained growth, accelerating from 4.4% to 7%, generating revenue of 1.6 trillion drams over the first nine months.
Car sales and purchases in January-September 2026 also accelerated, from 7% to 11%, reaching 217.7 billion drams.
In the retail trade structure, stores (including supermarkets) account for the largest turnover – 84.2%, or 1.3 trillion drams. drams (with an annual growth of 7.1%), other retail facilities - 10% or 162.4 billion drams (with an annual growth of 2.3%), followed by consumer goods markets - 3.6% or 58.5 billion drams (with an annual growth of 15.8%), kiosks - 1.2% or 20.2 billion. AMD (with an annual growth of 11.2%), and agricultural markets - 1% or 15.6 billion AMD (with an annual growth of 19.1%).
Wholesale trade dominates Armenia's total trade turnover at 63.2%, followed by retail at 32.4%, and 4.4% comes from the purchase and sale of automobiles.
It should be noted that the average exchange rate of the dram against the US dollar in January-September 2026 was 371.32 AMD/$1, and in September - 363.59 AMD/$1.
