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“NKR enterprises” to promote <strong>the</strong>ir products<br />
in Russia. 301 He organized <strong>the</strong> visit of <strong>the</strong><br />
wine experts from Russia to <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong><br />
<strong>territories</strong> in 2013 to assess <strong>the</strong> output level<br />
and quality of wines produced <strong>the</strong>re.<br />
Armenia actively promotes <strong>the</strong> companies<br />
operating in <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong> <strong>territories</strong> and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
products. Thus, a separate pavili<strong>on</strong> was set<br />
up at <strong>the</strong> exhibiti<strong>on</strong> “Made in Armenia Expo-<br />
2015”, held in Armenia <strong>on</strong> 26-28 April 2015. 302<br />
The “Stepanakert Brandy Factory CJSC”<br />
operates wine factories in <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong> Khojavand district, Gyrmyzy Bazar village and <strong>the</strong> town<br />
of Khankandi. The factory produces fruit vodkas, mulberry and cornel, brandy and wine. To carry<br />
out <strong>the</strong> producti<strong>on</strong> process, <strong>the</strong> factory procures large amount of grape. Each year it increases<br />
<strong>the</strong> volume of procurement. The declared goal is to gradually increase brandy producti<strong>on</strong> to<br />
<strong>on</strong>e milli<strong>on</strong> bottles annually. According to <strong>the</strong> company’s own data, in 2007 over 5200 t<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
grapes were procured, in 2008 – 5800 t<strong>on</strong>s and in 2009 – over 6200 t<strong>on</strong>s. 303 The company has<br />
212 hectares of vineyard. In <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong> <strong>territories</strong>, <strong>the</strong> factory procures 70–80 percent of grape<br />
harvest. The plant has <strong>the</strong> capacity to collect and process some 6,000 – 6,500 t<strong>on</strong>s of grapes. 304<br />
In 2014, <strong>the</strong> company collected 2,560 t<strong>on</strong>s of grapes. 305 A c<strong>on</strong>siderable part of <strong>the</strong> procured<br />
grape harvest was directed to <strong>the</strong> producti<strong>on</strong> of wine.<br />
A wood processing and pellet producing enterprise in Chanagchy<br />
village of <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong> Khojaly district<br />
│Photo from www.president.am│03 January 2012<br />
Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visits “Artsakh Fruit<br />
CJSC” company’s facilities in <strong>the</strong> <strong>occupied</strong> <strong>territories</strong><br />
│Photo from www.gov.am│24 June 2014<br />
The wine factories of “Stepanakert Brandy<br />
Factory CJSC” in Gyrmyzy Bazar village<br />
and Khojavand district mainly provide <strong>the</strong><br />
realizati<strong>on</strong> of grape procurement, producti<strong>on</strong><br />
and ageing brandy alcohol by <strong>the</strong> company,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> wine factory in Khankandi deals mainly<br />
with bottling. All <strong>the</strong> bottling paraphernalia<br />
comes from Armenia. 306 For that purpose, a<br />
European c<strong>on</strong>veyor with productivity of 2000<br />
bottles per hour was installed in <strong>the</strong> factory.<br />
For <strong>the</strong> producti<strong>on</strong> of vodkas, <strong>the</strong> factory<br />
sources some of its fruits, in particular apricot<br />
and a bit of <strong>the</strong> cornel from Armenia. 307 The<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> of “Stepanakert Brandy Factory<br />
CJSC” is mainly exported to Russia, particularly to Moscow, as well as to Australia and Belgium.<br />
Cuba is said to be so<strong>on</strong> added to <strong>the</strong> list. 308 The factory actively cooperates with Yerevan Brandy<br />
Factory 309 and supplies it with young alcohol that <strong>the</strong>y distil with special equipment provided<br />
by <strong>the</strong> Yerevan Brandy Factory. 310 The main retailers of <strong>the</strong> company’s products, listed <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> company’s webpage, are Dufry Ltd. Switzerland-registered global travel retailer, Russian<br />
supermarket chain Moskvichka, “Artsakh-Rus OJSC”, A&D Food GMBH (Germany), Noy OU<br />
301<br />
See “Karabakh wines have prospects in Russian market”, Artsakhpress.am, 28 August 2014, .<br />
302<br />
See “Artsakh at ‘Made in Armenia Expo – 2015’”, 29 April 2015, .<br />
303<br />
See .<br />
304<br />
See “Artsakh Brandy Headed for Havana after Winning CUBAEXPO 2014 Competiti<strong>on</strong>”, Hetq.am, 10 December 2014, .<br />
305<br />
See “Artsakh Brandy Headed for Havana after Winning CUBAEXPO 2014 Competiti<strong>on</strong>”, Hetq.am, 10 December 2014, .<br />
306<br />
Ibid.<br />
307<br />
Ibid.<br />
308<br />
Ibid.<br />
309<br />
See .<br />
310<br />
See “Artsakh Brandy Headed for Havana after Winning CUBAEXPO 2014 Competiti<strong>on</strong>”, Hetq.am, 10 December 2014,.<br />
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