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Tomato output in Armenia this year is 280,000 tons
YEREVAN, December 14. / ARKA /. Tomato output this year is expected to
be around 280,000 metric tons, according to a deputy minister of
agriculture, Garnik Petrosyan, who told a news conference today that
the output is almost as much as in 2011.
Petrosyan said also that in the first nine months of this year 165
tons of tomatoes were imported to Armenia, less from a year before.
He said the import of tomatoes will jump by the end of the year as the
demand continues through October-December. He said tomatoes are
imported mainly from Greece and Iran.
Petrosyan said because of the high costs of locally cultivated
tomatoes, people often prefer to buy imported tomatoes, which are much
cheaper.
According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, tomato
output last year amounted to 275,300 tons. -0-
YEREVAN, December 14. / ARKA /. Tomato output this year is expected to
be around 280,000 metric tons, according to a deputy minister of
agriculture, Garnik Petrosyan, who told a news conference today that
the output is almost as much as in 2011.
Petrosyan said also that in the first nine months of this year 165
tons of tomatoes were imported to Armenia, less from a year before.
He said the import of tomatoes will jump by the end of the year as the
demand continues through October-December. He said tomatoes are
imported mainly from Greece and Iran.
Petrosyan said because of the high costs of locally cultivated
tomatoes, people often prefer to buy imported tomatoes, which are much
cheaper.
According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, tomato
output last year amounted to 275,300 tons. -0-