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Hrant Bagratyna doesn’t rule out use of sanctions against importation of some products (video)

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The sellers of Turkish products at well-known Firdus market are not principally against ceasing the importation of Turkish products into Armenia. Larisa Avagyan notes, “We don’t have an alternative, I am also against, let there be our domestic production.” Another worker Silva Nersisyan adds, “If they let the people give production, which may also be beneficial for them, but when they learn that there is production somewhere, they set high taxes.” The vendors have heard of the proposal of importing goods from China instead of Turkey, but it isn’t a solution. Seller Arpik Avagyan notes, “It takes much time for arrival of goods from China, in addition transportation fee is high.” Hamasik Sargsyan says, “I can go to Turkey and bring products spending 1000-1500 dollars, sell the products and live on it. I cannot go to China, for what? Only the ticket costs 1000 dollars.” Silva Nersisyan agrees with these claims, “You must spend much money to go to China, not everyone can go to China, that’s why the people go to Turkey.” Mrs Silva, who has imported products from Turkey for more than 12 years, tells what she has seen in the neighboring country, “When we enter a shop in Turkey to buy products, the production  takes place just behind of the shop, they make trousers there and sell them, the same can be here.” But if the authorities decide to ban the importation of Turkish products without opening plants and factories, they will appear in a difficult situation. Hamasik Sargsyan notes, “You cannot live, how can you live? Should there be any means of living or not?” Economist Hrant Bagratyan thinks that the ban on importation of Turkish products or the limitation of its amounts is not economically beneficial for Armenia. “It is the case, when using such sanctions against not all the products, we will be affected.” Nevertheless, Hrant Bagratyna doesn’t rule out the use of sanctions against importation of some products in order to promote the domestic production.