Armenia’s Agricultural Output Grows 0.6% To AMD 35.5 Billion In Apri

ARMENIA’S AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT GROWS 0.6% TO AMD 35.5 BILLION IN APRIL

/ARKA/
May 31, 2011
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Armenia’s agricultural output in current
prices totaled AMD 35.5 billion in April 2011 after growing 0.6%,
compared with the same month a year earlier, National Statistical
Service of Armenia reported on Tuesday.

Output of agricultural, including fishes, grew 0.8% to AMD 36.3
billion.

The cattle-breeding segment’s output amounted to AMD 30.2 billion in
April 2011 (0.5% year-on-year decline).

Plant cultivation and fishery segments enjoyed 6% and 8.7% growth
in April 2011 and their products totaled AMD 5.3 billion and 0.8
billion respectively.

According to the statistical report, sales of meat grew 4.3% in live
weight in April 2011, compared with April 2010, to 9,600 tons. Ararat
was singled out among other provinces for largest sales of meat in
April – 2,000 tons were sold there, while in Yerevan only 0,100 tons.

Milk output grew 1% in Apr 2011, compared to Apr 2010, to 71,200 tons.

Gegharkunik province produced more milk than other provinces –
22,400 tons.

Egg segment faced 18.5% year-on-year decline in April 2011 (70.7
million eggs). Armavir province produced the greatest number of eggs
in Apr 2011 – 13.8 million.

Fish breeding and fishery output, grown by 8.7% to 457.2 tons in April,
has been sold completely.

In April compared with March, fish output contracted by 10.7%. ($1 =
AMD 376.78).

From: Baghdasarian