Interfax, Russia
May 4 2012

Armenia posts highest industrial growth among CIS states in Q1

MOSCOW. May 4

Armenia posted the highest industrial growth among CIS states in Q1
2012 with 16.4%, the CIS Interstate Statistics Committee said.

Industrial output grew 14.6% year-on-year in Tajikistan and 8.3% in Belarus.

It rose 4% in Russia, 2.9% in Kazakhstan and 0.9% in Ukraine, but fell
0.3%.i Azerbaijan and 27.7% in Kyrgyzstan. The committee did not give
figures for Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Moldova.

Inflation was highest in billion at 0.5%, followed by Armenia with
2.7%, Russia – 1.5%, Kazakhstan – 1.1%, Moldova – 1.0%, Kyrgyzstan –
0.9%, Ukraine – 0.7% and Azerbaijan – 0.5%.