THE UNION OF DOMESTIC PRODUCERS CAN ASSIST TO ARMENIAN EXPORTS
Noyan Tapan
Apr 10, 2009
Yerevan, April 10, Noyan Tapan. The purpose of the meeting called
by the prime minister Tigran Sargsian on April 8 was to discuss the
current economic situation with domestic producers and to define more
exact ways of overcoming the impacts of the world financial crisis
on Armenia’s economy.
Managers of more than 30 companies and enterprises participated in the
meeting and presented their opinions, goals and suggestions, speaking
about the current state of economy and development perspectives. As
the President of the Union of Domestic Producers Vazgen Safarian
mentioned, anti-crisis program of the Armenian government had been
discussed, and the members of the union expressed readiness to support
particularly to development of small and medium business programs,
to improvement of infrastructures and other projects.
According to the Information and PR Department of the Government of RA,
domestic producers emphasized the role of the state participation in
the business capital in current economic conditions, increasing the
amounts of credits, improving tax policy, particularly, promoting local
production in agriculture sphere, developing innovation technologies
and establishing specialized export promotion companies. The Union of
Domestic Producers is a member of the International Union of Producers
and in that context can use its potential to solve the problem of
Armenian exports, told Safarian.