Vahe Davtyan, doctor of political sciences, professor, energy security specialist, writes: “Russia will limit the import of fruit and vegetable products imported from Armenia from May 30, Rosselkhoznadzor said.

Are you going to Turkey to export agricultural products through the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which is operating with great difficulty?
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Let me just remind you that Turkey is the absolute leader in Europe in the volume of agricultural production. In 2023 according to data, it amounted to 68.9 billion US dollars.

Agriculture accounts for about 7% of Turkey’s GDP and provides about 20% of the labor force.

2002-2024 Turkey’s agricultural GDP increased from 25 to 74 billion US dollars, and exports from 3.8 to 32.6 billion. According to the World Bank, by the volume of agricultural production in 2023, Turkey will take the 8th place in the world, and the first in Europe, ahead of Russia and France.

Do you know what this means?

We will eat good cheap fruits and vegetables this summer. And then the most interesting will begin.

Armenia’s agriculture, having lost its commercial bases of export and sale, will cease to be a competitive economic sector, moving to a stable import regime.

It’s not difficult to guess from where.”

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