ArmInfo. 115 beneficiaries became participants of the state program of subsidizing leasing between April 1, 2017 and , 2018 May 31 this year, who were granted a  total of 245 units of agricultural machinery, including 103 tractors,  2 combines and 140 units of other equipment, the press service of the  RA Ministry of Agriculture informs.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the  implementation of a new state program to subsidize the acquisition of  equipment for the processing of agricultural products, the  construction of greenhouses and dryers. Deputy Minister of  Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia Robert Makaryan stated this at  the meeting held yesterday.

ArmInfo. Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia disproves the existence of corruption risks in the process of  implementation of the state program for the purchase of agricultural machinery in leasing. This was stated by the head of the department Ignaty Arakelyan at a meeting with journalists, commenting on information about abuses in the framework of the state program.

ArmInfo. Following the results of 2017, the insurance portfolio of SJSC "Export Insurance Agency of Armenia" totaled 4.534 billion drams, while the final figure was planned at 3 billion drams (in 2016 the figure reached 2.185 billion drams, and in 2015 it was 0, 39 billion).  Armen Shahnazaryan, Executive Director of the EIAA, told a press conference on March 22 when answering the question of ArmInfo. Previously, the government of Armenia in its program of activities for 2017-2022. according to the results of 2018, it fixed expectations of growth of insured transactions to almost 4.5 billion drams.

ArmInfo. The number of  participants in the state program of subsidizing interest rates on  agrocredits is being replenished - a memorandum of cooperation has  been signed with Converse Bank. As explained by ArmInfo in the press  service of the RA Ministry of Agriculture, a tripartite memorandum  was signed on March 15 by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Robert  Makaryan, head of the credit department of the Office for Economic  Development of Rural Communities Andranik Mkrtchyan and Corporate  Business Director of Converse Bank Rostom Badalyan.

ArmInfo. Ardshinbank,  Armbusinessbank and UCC "Development and Investment Corporation of  Armenia" (DICA, formerly referred to as UCC "Investments") have  joined the state program of subsidizing interest rates on  agrocredits. ArmInfo was informed about this in the press service of  the RA Ministry of Agriculture.

ArmInfo. During the 9 months  of the agrarian state program of subsidizing leasing (April 1,  2017-January 1, 2018) 68 Armenian farmers received 164 units of  agricultural equipment: 68 tractors, 2 combines and 94 units of other  equipment.

ArmInfo. $ 1 billion  investments that President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan recently talked  about will come from the Investors' Club. Prime Minister of Armenia  Karen Karapetyan announced at a press conference today.

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ArmInfo. Work on the creation of a joint Armenian-Russian investment fund is continuing. The Russian co-chairman of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. The National  Development Bank of Russia - Vnesheconombank (VEB) expands the scope  of cooperation with Armenia. In order to discuss concrete directions  of the Minister of Economic Development and Investment Suren Karayan  met with representatives of VEB - senior vice president of export  finance and documentary operations Algulyan Daniel, Chairman Sergei  Gorkov, deputy director of export finance department Sergei  Durnopyanov. The press service of the ministry informed ArmInfo about  this.

ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of  Agriculture as of September 19 received 16 applications for 1.606  billion AMD for participation in the state program of subsidizing  loans to processing enterprises for agricultural production.

ArmInfo. Russian side is considering the prospect of creating Armenian-Russian joint ventures in priority sectors of the economy, in particular in the light industry, through the organization of production on the territory of the FEZ in Yerevan and Meghri. Answering the question of ArmInfo, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Gleb Nikitin stated on the margins of the regional trade and industrial exhibition forum "ARMENIA EXPO 2017" on September 8 in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government in its new and already approved program of own activities for upcoming  5-year term,  based on indicative results of 2018 recorded a two-fold increase in insured transactions of  "Export Insurance Agency of Armenia" ICJSC- almost up to 4.5 billion AMD. At the same time, as of August 31, 2017, the insurance portfolio of the Agency already amounted AMD  2.594 . Armen Shahnazaryan,  the Executive Director of the EIAA ICJSC, spoke in an exclusive interview about the Agency's achievements and tasks, plans and reality.

ArmInfo. On August 25, the first station of agricultural machinery was opened in Tsovak community of Gegharkunik region of Armenia within the framework of the program of state support for the provision of agricultural machinery in financial lease (leasing). Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Ignaty Arakelyan stated at the opening ceremony that the creation of such stations will increase the efficiency of agriculture.

ArmInfo. The Deputy Executive Director of the "SME Investments" Hrach Gharibyan and Suren Galstyan, the director of LLC Suren-Ani, signed a memorandum of cooperation providing for the purchase of digital equipment for drying fruit and vegetables for legal entities on preferential terms. It is about legal entities and private entrepreneurs, representing the sphere of trade and processing industry. The memorandum was signed on July 26 at the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia, on the eve of a press conference on this matter.

ArmInfo. Within the framework  of the "Pre-Export Financing" service of the Export Insurance Agency  of Armenia (EIAA), five export-oriented enterprises of the country  received financing for a total of 600 million AMD. On April 11, in an  interview with ArmInfo correspondent, the Executive Director of EIAA  Vazgen Abgaryan said, noting that 4 more applications are under  consideration.

ArmInfo. On March 15, an  agreement was signed in Moscow on the creation of a joint  Russian-Armenian investment Fund. The agreement was one of the  results of the implementation of the recommendations adopted by the  College of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

ArmInfo. SME Investments  Universal Credit Organization has participated in the "Made in  Armenia" annual exhibition, which is being held in Meridian expo  center and represents more than 320 companies from Armenia and  Artsakh.