“At the moment the agreement is at inner-state procedures, we are moving forward quite fast. We hope the agreement will be signed by the end of May and will come into force in several months. I am convinced that by the end of year the document will come into force”, he said.
According to the agreement there will be non-tariff regulation facilitations and reduction of tariffs for a group of products: Armenia is highly interested in the exports of these products. The deputy minister said in some cases the customs duties will decrease by nearly three times.
“The agreement is about the privileges given to 400-500 goods in both sides. Coming to the Armenian goods, if we look at commodity groups, the talk is about 13-14 group of products, and we are highly interested in the export of these goods”, Hovhannes Azizyan said. In particular, the agreement includes products, such as mineral waters, non-alcoholic drinks, chocolate, sweets, textile, jewelry, meat products and etc.
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