Foreign Trade 
             Statistics Export Structure (in % to total Export)
     Year*   Export Import
             ( $ million)  ($ million)
              
     1999    231.67 811.2
     2000    300.5   884.7
     2001    341.8   877.4
     2002    505.2   987.15
     2003    678.1   1269.4
    *Source of Data: State Statistics Department of the RA 
    Charts represent specific weights of 
    individual countries in the export 
    volume to CIS and EU countries in 
    2003                       
                            Trade Regime with 
                             Trade Regime with 
                             Foreign Countries 
                             Foreign Countries 
                                      FOREIGN TRADE REGIME
                                     FOREIGN TRADE REGIME
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
       FREE TRADE                 MFN                   GSP
       FREE TRADE                MFN                    GSP
                                                                                               CANADA
                     UE                     USA                    JAPAN                      CANADA
                    UE                      USA                    JAPAN
          Armenia has FTA with almost all CIS countries  
          MFN: European Union     India 
              USA                Argentina
              Lebanon
              Bulgaria  Canada
              Romania
               China                       Syria
               Switzerland
               Iran      Vietnam 
                                                        
                 Export & Import 
                 Procedures
                                        st
           N-1779 Government Decree on 21  November, 2003 for
            export/import controls 
         
           To conduct import-export activities enterprises must be registered in 
           a respective regional customs house as an entity involved in foreign 
           economic activity
         
           According to the customs procedures, the following 
         documents are required for customs clearance for all
         imports and exports:
         • an invoice
         • a contract
         • consignment documents
         • a certificate on the country of origin (if an importer or exporter asks 
           for preferential treatment)
                                       
                  Export Cases:  
                  Contracts and 
                  Transportation
                            Apricots         Textile      Copper-molyb. 
       Contract Basic       Export       Ex works         Ex works, contract cost 
       Data                 accomplished                  based on Treatment 
                            by both natural               Charge   
                            and juridical 
                            persons
       Transportation       Lorries:     Yerevan-Poti-    Containers: Ayrum-Poti—
       Route                Ararat valley  Burgas-final   Novorossiysk-Europe, 
                            (AV)-        destination      South Korea 
                            Bagratashen  (22-30 days)     Wagons: Ayrum-Poti-
                            (B)-Larsi-                    Ilichevsk- railway- 
                            North                         final destination 
                            Caucuses. (2                  Total transportation 
                            days)                         time:     22-30 days  
                            Refrig. 
                            Cont.:   
                            AV-B-Poti-
                            Novorosiysk-
                            RF 
                                          
                            Airtranspo
                            rt: Europe & 
                            USA 
                       Export Cases: Customs 
                       & Taxes 
                                                        
                                     Apricots                  Textiles                  Copper-molibd.
           Customs                   No pre-declaration        Temporary admission  Predeclaration-1 day 
           Procedures                for natural persons,      of materials –re-         Shipment/Inspection-5-6 
                                     inspection lasts          export of final           days
                                     several minutes.          product  (change of       Declaration-1 day 
                                                               customs code)              
           Certificates              Certificate for origin    Approval from the         Certificate of Origin 
                                     is required for           Ministry of T& ED         Certificate of conformity   
                                     judicial persons.         Certificate of Origin  
                                     Phitosanitary 
                                     Certificate
           Taxes                     Export is duty free       Export is duty free       Export is duty free 
                                     and  VAT exempted         and  VAT exempted         and  VAT exempted