Armenia’s foreign trade turnover rose by 17.7 percent year-on-year to $8.379 billion last year, the National Statistical Committee said.

Exports increased by 19.1 percent to $3.022 billion, while imports rose by 16.9 percent to $5.357 billion.

In December alone, the foreign trade turnover rose by 3.7 percent month-on-month and by 23 percent year-on-year.