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GOODS IMPORTED FROM TURKEY TO ARMENIA SUBJECTED TO LAB EXAMINATION: EXPERT
YEREVAN , October 16. / ARKA /. Chief of Armenia's State Food Safety
Service, Abram Bakhchagulyan, told a news conference today that all
goods imported from Turkey to Armenia are subjected to lab examination.
Recently several Armenian public organizations argued that Turkish
goods, mainly vegetables and cereals, imported to Armenia are of
unknown origin and therefore pose a threat to public health.
Bakhchagulyan said that now all border checkpoints in Armenia have
installed a new control system that prevents import of goods to Armenia
without accompanying documents, while earlier a lab examination report
was enough to allow them into the country.
He noted that agricultural products imported to Armenia not only from
Turkey but also from other countries are subject to strict customs
controls on the content of nitrates. He added that the products of
plant origin are the products with the lowest risk.
According to the National Statistical Service, the trade between
Armenia and Turkey in January- August 2013 dropped by 0.5 percent
year-on-year to $125.9 million. -0-
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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN , October 16. / ARKA /. Chief of Armenia's State Food Safety
Service, Abram Bakhchagulyan, told a news conference today that all
goods imported from Turkey to Armenia are subjected to lab examination.
Recently several Armenian public organizations argued that Turkish
goods, mainly vegetables and cereals, imported to Armenia are of
unknown origin and therefore pose a threat to public health.
Bakhchagulyan said that now all border checkpoints in Armenia have
installed a new control system that prevents import of goods to Armenia
without accompanying documents, while earlier a lab examination report
was enough to allow them into the country.
He noted that agricultural products imported to Armenia not only from
Turkey but also from other countries are subject to strict customs
controls on the content of nitrates. He added that the products of
plant origin are the products with the lowest risk.
According to the National Statistical Service, the trade between
Armenia and Turkey in January- August 2013 dropped by 0.5 percent
year-on-year to $125.9 million. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/goods_imported_from_turkey_to_armenia_subjected_to _lab_examination_expert_/#sthash.XcsPUxP8.dpuf
From: A. Papazian