Gold Fever: What is Really Hidden Behind Armenia's High Export Indicator?

How2B · Let’s Talk Numbers #4 · 24 minutes

• 🔘 What export growth does Armenia have and what is it driven by?
• 🔘 Why and how is Armenia being used for the re-export of gold?
• 🔘 What are the volumes of re-exports in Armenia, and what remains for us from it?
• 🔘 What is the export picture like without that “external effect”?

On How2B we “talk in numbers” with economist Aghasi Tavadyan.

• 00:00 The incredible growth of Armenia’s exports in the last 2 years
• 02:04 We are dealing with re-exports: What and how?
• 04:50 Re-exports according to official statistics, and why is it flawed?
• 08:05 How to find out how much of the export is actually re-export?
• 11:17 The true volumes of re-exports
• 14:26 Gold fever: Gold and precious metals are being re-exported
• 17:39 What indicators would we have if there were no re-exports?
• 19:47 What consequences does the re-export of gold through Armenia have?
• 21:27 The export picture without re-exports

Topic Analysis: Gold Fever: Half of Armenia’s Exports are Re-exports