YEREVAN. – After the lifting of sanctions on Iran, it has become much easier to import plastics and polymers to Armenia from there.

Semyon Ghukasyan, the executive director of an Armenia-based plastic company, told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am, during the Made in Armenia expo which is held in capital city Yerevan.

“And [the price of] plastic has become cheaper [in Armenia],” added Ghukasyan. “This enabled us to reduce the cost price of our products, too.”

He also noted that, thanks to Armenia’s joining the Eurasian Economic Union, the plastic, polyethylene, and propylene imports from Russia also have become cheaper.

As per Ghukasyan, all this enables to compete with the Turkish plastics that are in the domestic market of Armenia. 

The local companies in Armenia’s food sector prefer domestic-made plastic containers.

“They need plastic with pure ingredients,” added Semyon Ghukasyan. “But they don’t trust the Turkish products, on this matter.”