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SOME 3,200 TONS OF POTATOES EXPORTED FROM ARMENIA TO GEORGIA THIS YEAR
YEREVAN, November 8. /ARKA/. Armenia exported 3,200 tons of potatoes
to Georgia this year, Arthur Nikoyan, chief of the Armenian agriculture
ministry's phytosanitary inspection, said Friday at a news conference.
"For comparison, I should say that we exported 1,137 tons of potatoes
to Georgia in 2012," he said.
In response to a question whether Georgia may ban the import of
Armenian potatoes after an infected potato incident, he said that
there is no such a problem.
"Potatoes are being exported from Armenia to Georgia every day,"
he added.
According to the information received from the Georgian finance
ministry's state revenue agency in late October, Georgia's customs
house in Sadakhlo found Ralstonia Solanacearum and Synchytrium
Endobioticum (Schilb) Perc bacteria in the potatoes sent to Gerogia
form Armenia.
Samples of these potatoes were sent to a special laboratory for
confirmation. It became clear after the laboratory examination that
114,500 kilograms of potatoes were infected with the bacteria. As a
result, more than 400 tons of exported potatoes were returned to the
exporter country.
The Armenian side denied the infection saying that samples were taken
not from the Armenian batch and that there is no Ralstonia Solanacearum
in Armenia. ----0----
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YEREVAN, November 8. /ARKA/. Armenia exported 3,200 tons of potatoes
to Georgia this year, Arthur Nikoyan, chief of the Armenian agriculture
ministry's phytosanitary inspection, said Friday at a news conference.
"For comparison, I should say that we exported 1,137 tons of potatoes
to Georgia in 2012," he said.
In response to a question whether Georgia may ban the import of
Armenian potatoes after an infected potato incident, he said that
there is no such a problem.
"Potatoes are being exported from Armenia to Georgia every day,"
he added.
According to the information received from the Georgian finance
ministry's state revenue agency in late October, Georgia's customs
house in Sadakhlo found Ralstonia Solanacearum and Synchytrium
Endobioticum (Schilb) Perc bacteria in the potatoes sent to Gerogia
form Armenia.
Samples of these potatoes were sent to a special laboratory for
confirmation. It became clear after the laboratory examination that
114,500 kilograms of potatoes were infected with the bacteria. As a
result, more than 400 tons of exported potatoes were returned to the
exporter country.
The Armenian side denied the infection saying that samples were taken
not from the Armenian batch and that there is no Ralstonia Solanacearum
in Armenia. ----0----
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/business/some_3_200_tons_of_potatoes_exported_from_armenia_ to_georgia_this_year/#sthash.TvmXnk2O.dpuf