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.

ArmInfo.It is necessary to develop the initiative to establish EAEU trading houses in Iran and  in the territories of other promising partner countries.

ArmInfo.The impact of re-exports on GDP growth in 2022 was about 1%, and in 2023 - even  lower, which was associated with changes in the sanctions environment, a new reality replacing traditional directions, Deputy Minister of Economy Rafael Gevorgyan TOLD Armenia's Public TV. 

ArmInfo. Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia Rustam Badasyan presented Yerevan  Brandy Factory CJSC with a Type 1 certificate for inclusion in the register of authorized economic operators of the Eurasian Economic Union.

ArmInfo.The results of 2023 indicate that the real (export) economy has "lost" its position to non-export industries, which are experiencing a temporary boom under the influence of exogenous factors, Former head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia Davit Ananyan wrote on his Facebook account, commenting on the "List of the 1000 largest taxpayers of the Republic of Armenia" recently published by the tax authority.

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ArmInfo.The World Bank has improved its 2023 GDP growth forecast for Armenia from the previous 4.4% to an updated 7.1% (against the actual 12.6% growth in 2022), now expecting a slowdown to 4.7% in 2024 and to 4.5% in 2025 (versus previously forecasted y-o-y acceleration to 4.8% and 5%). This is noted in the January Global Economic Prospects report published by the World Bank.

ArmInfo. Re-export did not have a significant impact on the growth rate of the Armenian economy.  Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Rafael Gevorgyan stated during a press conference on January 8, referring to the results of the study of the growth structure of the RA economy.

ArmInfo. Armenia will close 2023  with GDP growth in the range of 8- 8.5%, instead of the 7% planned by  the state budget and the 7.2% expected by the budget for 2024. At the  same time, the country's GDP generation potential, as before, does  not exceed 5%, Armenia's former minister of finance Vardan Aramyan  told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. In 2024, it will be  possible to import 7,400 electric vehicles into Armenia with zero  customs duty. The decision to apply tariff benefits to electric  vehicles imported into the territory of the Republic of Armenia was  made on December 28 at a government meeting.  The rationale for the  decision states that during the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council,  an agreement was reached to extend the exemption for the import of  electric vehicles for another two years. In Armenia in 2024-2025, a  tariff quota will be established for 8,000 vehicles with an electric  motor during the year. The remaining 600 units of electric vehicles  are planned to be kept in reserve.