TAMARA FRUIT’ ARMENIAN COMPANY TO INCREASE EXPORT VOLUMES UP TO $4 MLN BY 2012
ArmInfo
2009-08-06 13:49:00
ArmInfo. ‘Tamara Fruit’ Armenian company is going to increase export
volumes up to $4 mln by 2012, Director General of the company Boris
Hovannisyan told journalists today. To recall, on 12 February 2009
‘Tamara Fruit’ got 300 mln (about $1 mln) drams government grant to
fulfill the programme on creation of the organic berry gardens at the
territory 60 ha. The company has already imported 70 thsd young plants
from the Netherlands. At present 66 mln drams have been already spent
to fulfill the programme.
Hovannisyan said that the farms selected within the frames of the
programme will get young plants free of charge in an exchange of
obligation to sell their harvest only to ‘Tamara Fruit’ for 5 years
with the market prices. At present the programme is being implemented
in Kotayk, Aragatsotn, Tavush and Vayots Dzor regions of Armenia. The
programme will be finished in 2012.
Within the frames of the programme the company is going to increase
the volume berries export up to 500-800 tonnes per year. To recall,
besides the government grant for the organic gardening programme, in
February 2009 the government allocated $3,4 mln budgetary guarantee
to buy organic primary products from Armenian farmers.
‘Tamara Fruit’ company was founded in 2002. About 70% of its production
are exported to Russia and Europe.