ArmInfo.  According to the  data of the Customs Service, the supply of liquefied gas to Armenia  increased 2.1-fold on an annualized basis (against growth by 74.9% a  year earlier) to 20,463.1 tons, with an increase in customs value by  77.5% to $ 7.5 million.

ArmInfo.  In Armenia, the  database of the ACRA credit bureau by July 2020 was replenished with  data on the number of loans up to 21.548 million and borrowers up to  1.726 million. This is evidenced by the graphical report "Dynamics of  the main indicators of the credit bureau" presented on the ACRA  website.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Stock Exchange (AMX) and  the Cbonds Russian financial and analytical agency have signed an  agreement on cooperation in the field of placing quotes and detailed  information on the parameters of shares and bonds traded on AMX.

ArmInfo.  On September 22, a  meeting was held under the chairmanship of RA Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan, at which the draft state budget of Armenia for 2021 was  discussed.

ArmInfo. Armenia increased  supplies of natural gas from Russia in the first half of 2020 by 3.3%  - up to 1,050,062 thousand cubic meters, against an increase of 8.1%  a year earlier over the same period. According to the RA Customs  Service, imports in value terms also increased by 3.3% to $ 173.2  million.  At the same time, supplies of natural gas from Iran  increased significantly - 2.3-fold (against an increase of 39.5%) to  275,166.2 thousand cubic meters, having increased in value terms - by  84.2% to $ 45.4 million.

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ArmInfo.  In Armenia, the  share of online-colcludedcompulsory motor third party liability  policies (e-CMTPL) in the total number of agreements increased 3-fold  by September 2020 - up to 14% from 5% a year earlier. According to  the Armenian Motor Insurers' Bureau in January-August 2020, the  number of CMTPL contracts concluded online reached 82,690, having  increased 2.5-fold in y-o-y terms. At the same time, the total number  of concluded CMTPL contracts decreased in y-o-y terms (January-August  2020 to January-August 2019) by 16.8%, amounting to 600,271.  The  volume of insurance premiums collected on them amounted to 13 billion  drams, with a y-o-y decline of 8, 2%. And this happened amid y-o-y  decline of 2.9% in the number of vehicles with compulsory motor third  party liability insurance policy. During the reporting period, there  were 617,032 CMTPL contracts that entered into force, the number of  which decreased by 16.9% in y-o-y terms, and the volume of insurance  premiums on them amounted to 13.9 billion drams with a y-o-y decline  of 8.6%. The number of CMTPL contracts terminated during this period  decreased by 59.8% - to 11,312, under which 183 million AMD premiums  were returned or are subject to return. To note for comparison that a  year earlier, in January-August 2019, the growth of vehicles with a  CMTPL contract by 13% was accompanied by an increase in CMTPL  contracts by 33.5% (and e- CMTPL - 3.6-fold) and the volume of  collected premiums - by 25.2%.

ArmInfo.  The banking system of Armenia, amid the coronavirus pandemic, was one of the first to respond on its own initiative and take steps to support its clients,  starting from March this year providing diversified assistance to  individuals and legal entities. In cooperation with the Central Bank,  mechanisms and regulations were formed, the application of which made  it possible to apply an individual approach to borrowers, as well as  to avoid the deterioration of the credit history due to  non-fulfillment of payments by borrowers under loan agreements. This  is stated in the message of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA).   Loan Payment Holidays

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ArmInfo. Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE/GPW) intends to become the controlling shareholder of the Armenian Stock Exchange. As the press service of the Central Bank  of Armenia told ArmInfo,

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ArmInfo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union will provide Armenia with 21.1 million euros for the modernization of the  Meghri checkpoint bordering Iran. The RA National Assembly at its  session on September 18 discusses the agreement with the Bank  submitted by the government for ratification.

ArmInfo.A wine festival will be held in Moscow on September 20, in which such wine brands of Armenia as Karas, Keush, Van Ardi, Voskevaz, Kataro, Old Bridge,  Alluria, Tushpa, Armenia Wine Company will participate.

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ArmInfo.The recession in the Armenian economy will continue. On September 18 from the rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia the MP from the  opposition "Prosperous Armenia" faction Mikael Melkumyan stated this.

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ArmInfo. Armenia and Georgia will exchange preliminary electronic information on the  international movement of vehicles and goods. The RA National  Assembly at its session on September 18 ratified the corresponding  Armenian-Georgian protocol, signed in November 2019.

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