ArmInfo. In 2019, the revenue  of the high-tech sector of Armenia showed an increase of 30% per  annum. The Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan  wrote about this on his Facebook page. In particular, he said that  the annual revenue of all companies operating in the high-tech sector  of Armenia amounted to 155.2 billion drams ($ 320 million). The  minister noted that the data are presented without taking into  account the sphere of communications and telecommunications, as well  as trade in electronic devices.

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ArmInfo. The turnover of the  Armenian trade sector continues to decline. According to the RA  Statcommittee, in January-May 2020, the trade sector showed a decline  of 10.8% yoy (against growth of 9.4% a year earlier), with a volume  of 1.027 trillion. drams ($ 2.1 billion).  This decline is due to a  noticeable decline in retail sales and slightly smaller car and  wholesale trade.  However, only in May 2020, the trade sector showed  a growth of 33.3% after the April recession of 29.4%, with a volume  of 210.6 billion drams ($ 435 million).

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ArmInfo. In January-May 2020, the production volumes of alcoholic beverages produced in Armenia demonstrate a downward trend. According to the RA Statistical Committee, during the reporting period, the volumes of absolutely all  alcoholic beverages produced in Armenia decreased.

ArmInfo.Under the chairmanship of Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Global Director of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice at the World Bank Michal Rutkowski , discussions were held on the issues of  digitization and decriminalization of social payments.  Representatives of the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the EU  Delegation also participated in the discussion.

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ArmInfo. In the first half of 2020,  inflation in the consumer market of Armenia was recorded at 1%,  against 0.1% inflation in the same period of 2019. This was triggered  by a 2.3% rise in prices for foodstuffs and an increase in tariffs  for services by 0.6%, amid drop in prices of non food products  (including alcohol and cigarettes) by 0.9%. In y-o-y terms (compared  with the first half of 2019), the consumer market recorded inflation  of 0.5% (against inflation of 2% a year ago), which was facilitated  by a rise in price of non-food products by 1% and an increase in  tariffs for services by 1.3%, with no changes in prices of food  prices. According to the data of the Statistical Committee of the  Republic of Armenia, the average monthly growth in consumer prices  amounted to 0.2% in the first half of 2019, against the growth by  0.02% a year earlier.

ArmInfo.   In the context of  COVID-2019, the volume of cargo transportation continues to grow in  Armenia amid the decline in passenger traffic. Thus, according to the  Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, cargo  transportation in Armenia in January-May 2020 versus the same period  last year increased by 5.3% - up to 5 117.1 thousand tons, of which  2973.7 thousand tons (58.3% of the total) accounted for by road  transport, with a y-o-y miserable increase of 0.3%.

ArmInfo. Armenian metallurgical  industry is increasing production volumes. According to the data of  the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in January-May  2020 the sector ensured growth of volumes by 24.4%, against the 7.4%  decline a year earlier for the same period.  In particular, the  production of copper concentrate increased by 24.1% to 156.8 thousand  tons, against a decline of 9.2% a year earlier. In monthly terms,  copper concentrate production increased by 10.1% to 35.1 thousand  tons.

ArmInfo. The issue of  concentration of LLC and Veon Armenia CJSC was discussed at a  meeting of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic  Competition(SCPEC) of Armenia on July 7.

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ArmInfo. The state debt of Armenia  in January-May 2020 increased by 1.5% (against growth by 0.03% a year  earlier), amounting to $ 7.433 billion (3.597 trillion drams).   According to the RA Statistical Committee, in January-May 2020,  external debt decreased by 1.2% to $ 5.717 billion (2.767 trillion  drams), and domestic debt grew by 11.6% to $ 1.716 billion (830.5  billion drams), repeating last year's multidirectional dynamics (in  January-May 2019, the decline in external debt by 1.3% was  accompanied by an increase in domestic debt by 5.3%).

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ArmInfo. On the initiative of the Ministry of  High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, the Enterprise  Incubator Foundation and the Engineering Association, the 3-rd annual  Armenia-Engineering Week 2020 event is being held online from July 6  to July 10.

ArmInfo.  In Armenia in  January-May 2020 electricity generation amounted to 3,246.1 million  kWh, with a y-o-y growth of 8.3% (against a decline of 7.4% a year  earlier). 

ArmInfo.The y-o-y production of  aluminum foil increased by 10.9% (against the decline by 3.6% a year  earlier) , in Armenia in January-May 2020, amounting to a total of 14  518 tons. This is evidenced by the data of the Statistical Committee  of RA.

ArmInfo. The volume of  industrial production in Armenia in January-May 2020, against the  same period a year ago, slowed down the y-o-y growth rate - from 5.6%  to 2.4%, which was due to the subsidence of manufacturing production  volumes. So, according to the Statistical Committee of the Republic  of Armenia, during the reporting period, the industrial production  volume of Armenia amounted to 735.6 billion drams ($ 1.5 billion). In  May alone, the Armenian industrial sector grew by 11.9% (after the  April decline of 9.2%) to 150.4 billion drams ($ 310.6 million), with  an y- o-y decline of 3.9%.

ArmInfo. The ruling "My Step"  faction in Armenia nominated Hovhannes Khachatryan to the vacant post  of member of the Council of the Central Bank of Armenia.  As the  press service of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  reports, the candidacy of Hovhannes Khachatryan will be considered at  a meeting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial- Credit and  Budgetary Affairs on July 8. The keynote speaker will be Artak  Manukyan, Deputy Chairman of the Commission.