Armenia's domestic trade upped 17.7% in the first month of 2023 from the same time span of 2022 to about 293 billion drams ($758 mln), the National Statistical Committee reported.
It said the retail trade amounted to about 113.3 billion drams ($293 mln), up 1.3% from the first month of 2021. The wholesale trade grew by 31.4 % to about 167 billion drams. Sales of vehicles raised over 13.1 billion drams ($34 mln) growing by 31% year-on-year.
Stores accounted for 80% of the retail trade or over 96 billion drams showing 2.1`% y-o-y growth. Consumer goods markets accounted for 4.4% of the total or about 5 billion drams ($13 mln) having slashed by almost 10%.
Farmer markets accounted for about 1% of the total or a little over 1 billion drams ($2.6 mln). Their share grew by 1.6% from the first month of 2022.
Kiosk trade dropped by 7% to 1.5% of the total or over 1.7 billion drams ($4.4 mln). Other trade outlets grew by 1.6% to about 15 billion drams ($39 mln) or 13.2% of the total, ARKA reports.
