YEREVAN. – The fruit and vegetable exports from Armenia have doubled ever since the beginning of 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture statement notes.

About two-thirds of these fruits and vegetables were exported to Russia, and the rest to Georgia, Iraq, and Turkmenistan.

As of Friday, 23,000 tons of apricots, 6,800 tons of grapes, 980 tons of peaches, 633 tons of apples, 610 tons of cherries, and 27,000 tons of vegetables—of which, 20,500 tons of potatoes—were exported from Armenia. 

At the end of this year, the total volume of exports of fresh fruits and vegetables made up around 60,100 tons, which is about twice more (30,500 tons) than the same period in 2012.