ArmInfo. In January-September 2020, the four telecom operators of Armenia paid a total of 23.3 billion drams to the budget through taxes, which is 13.1% more than a  year ago. Of this amount, 11.8 billion were paid by direct taxes  (including income tax, tax on income) and 9.9 billion - on indirect  taxes (including VAT, excise tax).

ArmInfo. The list of the largest taxpayers in Armenia in January- September 2020 continues to be headed by the Armenian-Canadian joint venture "Grand Tobaco"  (against the 2nd position a year earlier), having paid over 36.2  billion drams or $ 74.1 million to the state treasury (with an annual  decline of 10, 2%), of which 1.1 billion drams - on customs duties,  6.4 billion drams - on direct taxes (including profit tax, tax on  income), 29.6 billion drams - on indirect taxes (including VAT,  excise tax). This is evidenced by the published data of the RA State  Revenue Committee.

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ArmInfo. The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia has developed a bill according to which a temporary ban is introduced on the import of Turkish- made  goods into the territory of Armenia. This is stated on the website of  the RA government.

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ArmInfo.The grape harvest in the Ararat region has increased by 25-30%. This became known following the visit of the delegation of the Ministry of Economy of  the Republic of Armenia led by Minister Tigran Khachatryan to a  number of processing enterprises of the Ararat region.

ArmInfo.Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Armenian City of Yerevan's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'BB-'.

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ArmInfo.Armenia's gross international reserves (GIR) increased in September 2020 compared to September 2019 by 1.5% or by $ 35.7 million (against 12% growth in  the previous year), amounting to $ 2.443 billion.

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ArmInfo.The first Eurasian Congress will take place on December 4 in Moscow.  This became known following the meeting of the heads of government of the member states  of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 9 in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo. The escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh may lead to the withdrawal of deposits in the banks of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the weakening of the dram and manat, Moody's said.

ArmInfo.Armenian business is still facing artificial problems at Russian customs, despite the presence of its own representative there. Gagik Makaryan, economist,  chairman of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA), said  this, answering the question of an ArmInfo correspondent, on the  sidelines of the meeting of EEC ministers with representatives of  Armenian business.