PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY DECLINES BY 18.3% IN
ARMENIA IN JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2006 ON SAME MONTHS OF 2005
08-01-2007 19:02:00 | Armenia | Economy
YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. In the period of
Janaury-November 2006, the production of Armenia's chemical
industry made 12 bln 763.9 mln drams (about 30.3 mln USD), or by
18.3% less than in the respective period of 2005.
According to the RA National Statistical Service, rubber
and plastic products of 3 bln 357.1 mln drams were manufactured
in the period under review, or by 10.5% more than in the same
months of the previous year.
Out of the main products of chemical industry, the
production of synthetic corundum increased 4.9fold, of lacquers
and paints - by 36.6%, of plastic products - by 14.7%, of
detergents - by 9.7%, whereas the production of synhetic rubber
and caustic soda declined by 39.7% and 48.8% respectively.