YEREVAN. - Overall 64,800 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables have already been exported from Armenia, as compared to 38,550 tons during the same period last year.  

Among them, 8500 tons of grapes were exported against 5390 tons during the same period last year, 690 tons of apples against 14 tons during the same period last year, 1420 tons of pears against 660 tons during the same period last year, 1016 tons of  blood orange against 3 tons during the same period last year, Armenia’s Agriculture Ministry reports.  

Apart from this, as of October 26, 9400 tons of cabbage and cauliflower were exported against 1820 tons during the same period last year, 2972 tons of radish and beetroot against 664 tons during the same period last year, 1170 tons of potatoes against 191 tons  during the same period last year, 3460 tons of cucumber against 179 tons during the same period last year, 1350 tons of greens against 800 tons during the same period last year.  

Armenian fruits and vegetables are mainly exported to Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, UAE, Kuwait and the Czech Republic.  

84 per cent of the exported fruits and vegetables went to Russia, that indicator making up 34% last year.