In 2017, imports of cars have increased by 100%. "From the beginning of the year up to now, 32,500 cars have been imported, as a result of customs clearance, the state budget has ensured 23.5 billion drams. The indicator exceeded the result of 2016 by 15 649. In particular, last year 16,851 cars were imported to 14 billion drams. The growth is largely driven by the increase of citizens confidence in the process of forming cars by the transaction price method, "said Babken Ghazaryan, deputy head of the SRC EMC.

According to the RA Prime Minister and SRC Chairman, Babken Ghazaryan, the car customs clearance process was revised in November 2016, and the prices for the purchase of cars at the international car market were examined. As a result, in November 2016 an information center was set up in the car customs, where the relevant employee, with the car owner, monitors, analyzes the international price offers for the imported car. "In case of reliability of the documents, the data provided by the citizen are taken as the basis, the vehicle is valued at the acquired value and customs clearance is carried out by the transaction price method. With such a working style, customs value is clearly defined, the process becomes more transparent, public, trustworthy and predictable. About 65% of the customs clearance of cars was made by the transaction price method, "Babken Ghazaryan underscored.

As a result of the reforms, the procedure of getting a permission by the transaction price method has also been simplified. According to the order of the SRC, if earlier the permit was cleared by the superior customs authority, now citizens can immediately apply to the customs office to carry out customs clearance in case of reliability of the documents. " According to Babken Ghazaryan, the second circumstance that drives about 100% growth in car imports is the revitalization of the economy and the increase in purchasing power of the population. "Most of the imports are middle class cars. The third circumstance is conditioned by the EEU factor. About 20% of 32,500 imported cars were exported from Armenia to the EEU zone this year. About 60% of the cars were imported from Japan. This means that citizens, using the membership, sell cars in more favorable terms in the EEU markets. "

The number of electronic inquiries has increased lately, from Georgia and Russia. According to Babken Ghazaryan, the specialists follow the world trends of the car market every three months, revising customs clearance tariffs as a result of which the customs value of a number of cars has also decreased in Armenia. Particularly, ALPHARD (TOYOTA) by 30%, B class MERCEDES - 20%, SIENTA (TOYOTA) - 15% and SERENA (NISSAN) - 15%. In 2018 a reduction in prices for some models is expected.

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