YEREVAN. – The farmers of Armenia expect unsubstantiated high income from the production of dried fruits.   

Lidia Devejyan, the deputy director of a confectionery manufacturing company, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

In her words, their company wants to purchase dried fruits solely from Armenia.   

“Of course it is expensive, but the taste is more distinct,” Devejyan added.

Armenia’s local industry uses dried fruits that are imported almost entirely. As a rule, the local ones are either sold in retail or exported in small volumes.    

“We try to solely use local raw materials, but not without problems. One of them is the high prices by the farmers that offer us their produce. That is why it [i.e., the local produce] gives in to the imported products. All that we need is the quality and the proportion. We hope our demand will help regulate the supply, at least to some extent,” Lidia Devejyan noted, in particular.