DEFICIT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT OF BALANCE OF PAYMENT GROWS BY
1.5% IN ARMENIAN GDP IN 2007 AS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR
21-04-2008 18:00:00 | Armenia | Economy
YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The deficit of the current
account of the balance of payment of the Republic of Armenia
made 571.36 mln USD in late 2007, growing by 454.23 mln USD as
compared with 2006. The growth was mainly conditioned by an
increase of the negative balance of the foreign trade turnover.
According to the RA National Statistical Service, by the
2007 results, the deficit of the current account made up 5.3% of
Armenian GDP - against 3.8% in the same period of 2006.