YEREVAN. – As of Friday, August 14, 2015, the processing companies of Armenia have procured—from the country’s farms—and processed 10,843 tons of fruits, as compared to the 1,360 tons in the same period last year.

The aforesaid includes 6,294 tons of apricots that were procured, against the 157 tons in the same period of 2014.

As of Friday, a total of 5,870 tons of vegetables also were procured, whose 4,210 tons are tomatoes, as compared to 4,451 and 2,952 tons, respectively, in the same period last year.

Fruit and vegetable procurement is still in progress.