TRANSFERS OF SYUNIK CUSTOMS-HOUSE TO STATE BUDGET INCREASE BY 207 MLN DRAMS IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2006 ON SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR
Noyan Tapan
May 11 2006
KAPAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Considerable work was done both at the
Syunik regional customs-house and the Agarak customs point in recent
months. Borik Sargsian, Head of Syunik regional customs-house of
the State Customs Committee adjunct to the RA government, said this
during an interview to the newspaper "Syunats Erkir". According
to him, particularly the customs-house in Agarak underwent major
repairs, including the putting into operation a 5 thousand sq.m
area of examination zone, as well as the separation of passenger
and cargo spaces and rooms of frontier guards and passport service
employees. Besides, 100-ton capacity electronic scales were
installed. B. Sargsian said that in the first quarter of 2006,
VAT and customs duties of 2 bln 40 thousand drams (about 4.4 mln
USD) were transferred to the state budget, which exceeds by 207 mln
drams the index of the same period of last year. At the same time,
a growth in exports was registered. In the first quarter of 2005,
goods of the total amount of 4 bln 895 drams were exported, while in
the same period of this year, exports amounted to 6 bln 910 mln drams.
Noyan Tapan
May 11 2006
KAPAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Considerable work was done both at the
Syunik regional customs-house and the Agarak customs point in recent
months. Borik Sargsian, Head of Syunik regional customs-house of
the State Customs Committee adjunct to the RA government, said this
during an interview to the newspaper "Syunats Erkir". According
to him, particularly the customs-house in Agarak underwent major
repairs, including the putting into operation a 5 thousand sq.m
area of examination zone, as well as the separation of passenger
and cargo spaces and rooms of frontier guards and passport service
employees. Besides, 100-ton capacity electronic scales were
installed. B. Sargsian said that in the first quarter of 2006,
VAT and customs duties of 2 bln 40 thousand drams (about 4.4 mln
USD) were transferred to the state budget, which exceeds by 207 mln
drams the index of the same period of last year. At the same time,
a growth in exports was registered. In the first quarter of 2005,
goods of the total amount of 4 bln 895 drams were exported, while in
the same period of this year, exports amounted to 6 bln 910 mln drams.