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ArmInfo.The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has made changes to the regulation of  issues of import/export of precious metals and commodities containing precious metals.

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ArmInfo.Sevak Sarukhanyan, Director at the Directorate of Digital Initiatives of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), participated in the panel session titled Digital Transformation of Transport: Key Trends and Synergetic Effect at the 11th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum, held under the auspices of ESCAP in Samarkand from 2 to 5 April 2024, the EDB Media Centre reports.

ArmInfo.The common energy markets of the EAEU have great potential for successfully confronting  the main challenges in the energy sector in the Eurasian space. This was stated by the director of the energy department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Vadim Zakrevsky, at the round table "Economic  and legal regulation in the energy sector", held in Kazan as part of the Tatarstan International Forum on Energy and Energy and Resource Efficiency.

ArmInfo.Minister of Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission Gohar  Barseghyan made a working visit to Armenia, where she held meetings with the Chairman of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, with  the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Papoyan, and with other officials.

ArmInfo. From April 1, 2024, the threshold for duty-free import of goods in Armenia will be lowered to  200 euros (about 85 thousand drams) against the current 200 thousand drams, reports the press service of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.The sharp acceleration in the growth of economic activity in February of this year in Armenia is due to a short-term factor, reads a report by the Luys Foundation, whose experts analyzed the data of the RA Statistical Committee for January-February 2024.

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ArmInfo.At the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission, a meeting was held between the  Minister of Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the EEC Gohar Barseghyan and the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Nikolai Podguzov.

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ArmInfo. S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'BB-/B' long- and short-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings on Armenia. The outlook on the long-term ratings is stable.

ArmInfo. Haykaz Fanyan, Director of the Armenian Center for Socio-Economic Studies (ACSES),  said in response to ArmInfo at a press conference organized by the Economic Journalists Club. 

ArmInfo.The overall growth rates of Armenia's international trade turnover for 2023 are marked by unprecedented achievements, however, the structure of exports and imports, unfortunately, indicates the presence of significant imbalances and shifts containing significant long-term macroeconomic risks, Doctor  of Economy Aghasi Tavadyan told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. The main driver of economic growth in Armenia in 2024 may be the utilization of the  country's competitive advantages in the context of using the opportunities of the free economic zone between Iran and the EAEU. A similar opinion was expressed by Tatul Manaseryan, Doctor in Economics, Professor, Head of the Alternative Research Center, member of the Eurasian Expert Club during a press conference on February 20.

ArmInfo. Armenia's GDP growth slowed down to 8.7% in 2023 (from 12.6% in 2022), amounting to 9.503  trillion drams ($24.2 billion). The GDP deflator index also decreased - to 102.8% from 108% in 2022, according to the data of the RA Statistical Committee published on February 20.

ArmInfo. Global economic growth will slow, according to the Macroeconomic Outlook 2024-2026 by  the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). 

ArmInfo. At the end of 2023, 4.4 million technical (synthetic) and natural, rough and processed diamonds were  exported from Armenia, almost twice as much as a year ago. Arevik Margaryan, Head of the Department of Strategic Sector of the Ministry of Economy, informs.