The estimated production of this year of citrus in the province of Tartous is about 230 thousand tons, has been part of this production to the market at prices not much more than the cost, although it is known that production at the beginning is sold at high prices ..

 

As for the export of surplus of this production, it can be said that the certificate of reliability that we heard from the relevant government authorities has not been issued so far and we learned that a committee from Agriculture, the Union of Peasants and the Chamber of Agriculture will tour this week with the agents of two Italian and Spanish companies tour to several farms in the province and the governorate Lattakia and some sorting and packaging workshops in order to detect and check whether the conditions of dependence are met and in light of this will submit its proposals to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Export Support and Promotion Authority in order to issue a certificate of reliability, which is a requirement for export abroad .. which is surprising delay This is me so far.

 

Within the framework of attempts to export despite the existing obstacles, Adnan Raya, owner of the sorting and packaging operator in Tartous, told Al-Watan that he has been able to export about 300 tons of citrus so far to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. to her..

 

He stressed that many obstacles to export abroad, including the non-activation of the existing crossing at Albukamal so far and therefore not to export any quantity to Iraq only through an irregular crossing after Qamishli or through Jordan through the Terebin crossing between Jordan and Iraq and this costs a lot.

 

One of the obstacles mentioned by RIA is the high fees imposed by Jordan on any truck (container) through which it is exported to the Gulf, where the fee ranges between $ 750 and $ 1500 per shipment depending on the country of export and their reason for this is reciprocity.

 

On the other hand, the significant delay in the disbursement of the subsidized amounts per container since what is due from the export quantities for 2018 has not yet been described by the Export Promotion and Support Authority and this reflects negatively on the continuation of export within the available resources and hoped that the concerned parties should look for all What would support export like neighboring countries that are ahead of us in this area and not put the sticks in the wheels.

 

The director of the citrus office Suhail Hamdan said Syria's production of citrus this season amounts to about one million tons, of which about 230 thousand tons Tartous and the rest in Lattakia, pointing to the decline in production of Tartous about fifty thousand tons from last year, mostly acid

 

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