Processing Companies Of Armenia Have Already Bought 23.8 Thousand To

[Babajanian Karo]

PROCESSING COMPANIES OF ARMENIA HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT 23.8 THOUSAND TONS OF VEGETABLES AND 5.7 THOUSAND TONS OF FRUIT

ARKA
Sep 8, 2011

YEREVAN, September 8. /ARKA/. Processing companies of Armenia as of
September 7 have already bought 23.8 thousand tons of vegetables,
of which 21.5 thousand tons is tomato and other vegetables, 5.7
thousand tons of fruit, of which 2450 tons are apricots", said Deputy
Agriculture Minister of Armenia Robert Makaryan.

Armenian processing companies of vegetable, fruit and grapes are
ready to fully buy agricultural products this year", he said.

According to the forecasts of the processing companies, this year
the demand for vegetable and fruit will be 68.7 thousand tons, of
which 57.7 thousand tons are tomatoes, and 21 thousand tons of fruit,
of which 4.4 thousand tons are apples, 4.1 thousand tons - peaches,
5.5 thousand tons - apricots and 150 thousand tons of grapes.

Purchase prices for tomato were 31-80 drams per kg, cucumber -
120-150 drams, egg-plants - 30-60, peaches - 65-350 and apricots -
80-400 drams depending on the quality of the products.

As of September 2, 24 vegetable, fruit and grape processing companies
concluded about 8400 contracts with the farmers, of which about 7900 -
for purchase of grape.

"The process of contract conclusion is continuing, as the main
purchases, particularly grape is not started yet", said Makaryan.

The volume of production of fruit in 2010 was 30 thousand tons and
vegetable - about 25.9 thousand tons.

According to the data of the Armenian National Statistic Service,
the volume of agricultural products in July 2011 in Armenia in current
prices was about 96.6 billion drams, increased by 32.4% compared with
July 2010. ($1 - 370.73 drams).