27/07/2010 12:26
Cheap cars in high demand this year
8 137 cars were brought to Armenia in the first six months of this year against 9 143 in the same period of the previous year. Customs duties collected from them amounted to AMD 10bn 220m, State Revenue Committee State Customs Service reported.
Only 738 cars brought to Armenia in the period under review were of Russian production.
3 303 out of the cars brought to Armenia cost up to USD 5 thousand, 2 558 USD 5-10 thousand, 812 USD 10-15 thousand, 902 USD 15-30 thousand, 562 more than USD 30 thousand.
Note that rise in the number of cars brought to Armenia was recorded before the financial crisis, while the process slowed down in 2009. 34 672 cars were brought to Armenia in 2007, 41 910 in 2008, while this index fell abruptly in 2009 amounting to only 17 296.