YEREVAN. – Close to 14.4 million liters of brandy, with a total customs value of $166 million, were exported from Armenia in 2012. In Armenia’s export makeup, brandy exports come in second only after copper concentrate exports.  

The brandy exports increased by about 50 percent as compared to the previous year. One liter of brandy is exported from Armenia at an average customs value of $11.5. 

To note, 2012 was successful for Armenia’s wine exporters, too. A total of 1.18 million liters of wine, with a total customs value of $4.1 million, were exported in the year past. The customs value for one liter of wine was $3.5. A total of 733,000 liters, with a total customs value of $2.4 million and a customs value of $3.3 per liter, were exported in 2011.