Armenia Will Supply Cigarettes To Iraq

Source from:  Armenia - Diaspora Official Web Site (am) 02/02/2005

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31. ARMINFO. Armenian producers have agreed on supply on cigarettes to Iraq in the current year. Talking to ARMINFO, President of the Armenian LTD International Masis Tabak Michael Vardanyan says that an oral agreement on this was reached last year when Iraqi specialists visited Armenia. Supply of five containers of cigarettes monthly is in question, which is a rather big lot, he says. For example, Vardanyan says that 45 containers of cigarettes of native and foreign producers are monthly sold in the country. At present, Armenian producers expected Iraqi orders. The president of the company says that cigarettes from Armenia will be supplied in spite of the fact that a joint production of cigarettes with participation of the largest Armenian producer Grand Tobacco was established in Iran last year. It should be noted that there are two big producers of cigarettes in Armenia, Grand Tobacco and International Masis Tabak. Three billion cigarettes are daily sold in the country. The share of local production is half of the market. Enditem