Armenian antitrust agency to monitor price-making processes at citrus fruits market
16.03.2016,
12:34
Artak Shaboyan, head of the Armenian State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition, speaking Tuesday in the National Assembly, said that the commission will scrutinize price-making processes at citrus fruits market.
YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. Artak Shaboyan, head of the Armenian State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition, speaking Tuesday in the National Assembly, said that the commission will scrutinize price-making processes at citrus fruits market.
The commission, he said, is monitoring prices at the market to find out problems here.
«I should just say that the fact that citrus fruits are seasonal products is taken into account as a factor impacting price-making processes,» he said.
In his words, there is nothing barring appearance of new banana importers in Armenia. More than that – in 2015 nine new small and medium importers appeared at Armenia's banana market, but they imports products from the Eurasian Economic Union member countries.
Admitting that import of bananas from the Eurasian Economic Union is not a very beneficial business, compared with import from traditional banana-producing countries, Shaboyan still pointed out this fact as evidence of market freedom in Armenia.
Bananas are imported into Armenia by Catherine Group.
According to the National Statistical Service, 12 057.6 tons of bananas worth $9,106,800 were imported in Armenia in 2014 against 9886.1 tons ($11,090,700) in 2013. --0----
The commission, he said, is monitoring prices at the market to find out problems here.
«I should just say that the fact that citrus fruits are seasonal products is taken into account as a factor impacting price-making processes,» he said.
In his words, there is nothing barring appearance of new banana importers in Armenia. More than that – in 2015 nine new small and medium importers appeared at Armenia's banana market, but they imports products from the Eurasian Economic Union member countries.
Admitting that import of bananas from the Eurasian Economic Union is not a very beneficial business, compared with import from traditional banana-producing countries, Shaboyan still pointed out this fact as evidence of market freedom in Armenia.
Bananas are imported into Armenia by Catherine Group.
According to the National Statistical Service, 12 057.6 tons of bananas worth $9,106,800 were imported in Armenia in 2014 against 9886.1 tons ($11,090,700) in 2013. --0----
