Armenian winegrowers are left without money: private companies are delaying payments for the harvest.
Media outlets report that private companies either do not pay the growers at all for the delivered harvest, or transfer only a small portion of the amount.
The buyers promise to give the remaining 80% after receiving government subsidies, but according to them no one gives them subsidies. In the past, companies paid at least half of the cost of picking.
The Ministry of Economy of Armenia stated that there is no separate program to subsidize the purchase of grapes. According to the newspaper, state support is provided for the export of cognac - thus, the farmers will have to wait until the companies produce and export the products and receive subsidies.