ArmInfo. Since the beginning of 2017 2300 tons of fruits and vegetables have been exported from Armenia versus 1300 tons in the same period of 2016, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Robert Makaryan stated today after the government's session.
According to him the growth was ensured mainly due to rise of export of grape from cold rooms and greenhouse tomatoes. Russia remains the main market for exported Armenian agricultural products-85%.
According to the data of the Agriculture Ministry as of December 21 2016 as many as 50 companies procuring grapes purchased 109.8 thsd tons of grapes. The average procurement price of grapes was 128.8 AMD per 1 kg, which is 16.3 AMD lower than in 2015 In 2016, procurement of fruit and vegetables totaled 7 bln AMD. 6.3 bln AMD or 83.6% of this amount was paid. 11.8 bln AMD out of 14 bln 145 mln AMD was paid for the grapes.
