Saudi Arabia is aiming to be the top date exporter by 2025
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Saudi Arabia
Published Feb 25, 2022
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Cairo – Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Palms & Dates (NCPD) plans on becoming the world’s leading date exporters by 2025, according to a strategy of the country to enhance production and boost the fruit’s exports. Saudi Arabia currently produces around 1.5 million tonnes of dates in 123,000 farms and exports approximately 217,000 tonnes to 107 countries. The information was given to ANBA by NCPD Marketing Department manager Abdullah Alyahya (pictured above).
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He said the NCPD is focused on developing the sector and aims at boosting date exports from Saudi Arabia throughout the world. The goal is stepping up sales by 19% this year by breaking into new markets. Saudi Arabia grows over 400 varietals of dates, Alyahya said. The NCPD coordinates the work together with a group of internationally certified top-quality date producing companies. The institution has its own seal of quality under the name “Saudi Dates” aimed at developing and strengthening the sector in the country, as well as securing the quality of the fruits before exporting them. Alyahya added the NCPD has finished a feasibility study to break into 25 new markets. Five of them were the focus of activities of the institution last year, and another ten are the focus this year. Part of the job is providing information and marketing tools to allow companies to break into these markets. To put the dates into more countries, one of the strategies is participating in international ...
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