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Processing companies operating in Armenia have significantly increased the production volumes of canned products. As Panorama.am learn from the National Statistical Service (NSS), a total of 19,132 tons of canned products have been produced in Armenia in January-December 2017, a 31.6 % increase from the year before.

According to the released data, a total of 9, 513.4 tons of canned vegetables were produced in the accounting period - a 63.5% rise compared to 5 820.1 tons produced in January-December 2016.

Meantime, fruit production in the indicated period made up 5,470.7 tons (29.7.2% growth) of the total canned production output, the canned fish 299.7 tons (29.7% growth), canned crab - 16.5 tons (84.5% fall) and canned meat - 400.7 tons (28.9% decline).

According to the statistics, a total of 2,721.6 tons canned tomato paste was manufactured in the reporting period, which is a 12.2% rise over the past year's volumes.

Some 601.4 tons of ketchup were produced within 12 months of the past year against the 473.7 tons produced in 2016, constituting a 27% growth.