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    ARMENIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTRY FOCUSES ON GRAPE GROWING

    ARKA
    March 19, 2008

    YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Ministry of Agriculture is planning
    to have 300,000 tons of annual grape harvest in five years with
    26,000-28,000 hectares of vineyards, Armenian Minister of Agriculture
    Davit Lokyan said presenting the draft law "On Grape-Made Alcoholic
    Beverages" in the Parliament.

    The Minister said they are also planning to ensure an increasing use
    of Armenian grapes. "We must cut the import of foreign brandy spirits
    and cultivation of phylloxera-proof grapes," Lokyan said.

    The Minister also said the draft law suggests defining the specific
    grades to be grown and processed in certain parts of the country,
    as well as defining the vineyards allowed growing hybrids.

    "Only those cognacs totally made of Armenian raw and grapes can be
    called Armenian. Otherwise, the product will be called brandy rather
    than cognac," Lokyan said.

    220,000 tones of grapes were harvested in Armenia in 2007 against
    200,000 in 2006.
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