YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. No salt is currently imported into Armenia, except for granulated table salt that is imported from Ukraine. Habratsum Sedrakian, Vice President for Economic Issues of the Avan Salt Enterprise CJSC, the only prodicer of salt in the country, told NT correspondent about it, adding that only salt produced by their enterprise (including table salt, technical salt and that used for feeding cattle) is consumed in the domestic market. According to him, only technical salt produced by their enterprise is exported from Armenia and only to one country - the neighboring Georgia. About 2-2.5 thousand tons of technical salt is exported to Georgia annually, and the enterprise's production accounts for 12-14% of salt sales in Georgia. The company produces 14 thousand tons of table salt, 7 thousand tons of technical salt and 7 thousand tons salt used as food for cattle. The company does not produce granulated table salt. H. Sedrakian said that imports of granulated table salt are declining with every passing year. The imported salt accounts for 5-8% of domestic sales.

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