The increase in the price of cheese in Armenia is not due to the increase in the price of milk, said Armenia’s former prime minister, economist Hrant Bagratyan at a press conference today in Yerevan.<\/p>\n
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On the plains of Ararat (on Armenia’s side), according to the economist, the price of milk has gone up by 10 drams and is now 110 drams a liter (about $0.31), but in the northern part of the country, the price hasn’t changed: it remains at 95 drams (about $0.26).\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“Our analysis of the global market didn’t find [any] drastic changes to the price of milk; however, in Armenia the price of cheese has gone up by 45\u201360%,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Bagratyan stressed that the the cheese products manufactured in Armenia are of a very poor quality:<\/p>\n
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“There is an exorbitant amount of salt and water added to our cheese \u2014 more than 30%. That’s why people suffer from [ailments as a result of] salt accumulation. Basically, we’re eating salt. Unlike, for example, parmesan, which requires up to 30 liters of milk for one kilogram, Armenian cheese requires 7 liters of milk. That means that in the case of a 20 dram increase in [the price of] milk, [the price of] cheese will increase by 140 drams [about $0.38].”<\/p>\n
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Citing sugar and oil as examples, Armenia’s former prime minister explained the developments in the milk market by the sector being turned into a monopoly and with the government’s desire to concentrate it in one man’s hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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