Chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition, Artak Shaboyan, noted that in 2018 an unprecedented step forward was taken in the economic competitiveness of our country.

“This year, in the estimates of the World Economic Forum in the field of competition in 2018, Armenia improved its position by 9 points and now ranks 19th among 140 countries of the world against 28th place last year,” he said, adding that In this aspect, Armenia is ahead of the EEU countries, as well as the countries of the region, the CIS and Eastern Europe.

Artak Shaboyan said that social benefits are constantly in the spotlight, and in this respect the competitive environment has improved, the number of economic entities and importers has increased, the share of “Alex Holding has decreased. “If earlier there were 24 enterprises in the butter market, then according to this year there were 57 importers. The share of dominant households in the butter market decreased from 74% to 49% over the specified period. Instead of 30 enterprises in the flour market in 2014, in 2018 there are already 149, and the share of large enterprises also decreased from 38% to 5%, which means that there are no dominant enterprises in the flour market.

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