Chinese product ousted Armenian geranium from the European market

2007-11-10 09:09:00

ArmInfo. Armenia’s attempt to find target markets for geranium oil,
which is used in aviation and astronautics, failed, Head of Plant
Cultivation Department, Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia Garnik
Petrosyan told AmrInfo correspondent.

After the collapse of USSR they failed to keep the greenhouses and the
main target markets of the ethereal oil were lost. After it the
Ministry of Agriculture made several attempts to find interested
parties among perfumers of Great Britain and France, as this oil is
also valuable for perfumery and pharmaceutics. It turned out that the
whole European market is full of cheaper geranium oil of Chinese
production. However, as G. Petrosyan assures, rose geranium grown in
Armenia is more valuable for its properties, as its oil may also be
used for enrichment of aromas. And, nevertheless, the specialist hopes
that the worth of peculiar properties of Armenian geranium will sooner
or later be valued.