MADINAH: Saudi exports of dates increased by 37 percent during the first 11 months of 2016 to reach about 90,000 tons, compared to about 66,000 tons in the same period of 2015, according to the General Authority for Statistics.
In 2016, some 20,000 tons of dates were exported from the Madinah region, representing about 22 percent of total Saudi exports of dates.
An estimated 9 million pilgrims and visitors took with them 45,000 tons of dates last year.
Date trader Sultan Selehim said obstacles facing traders include a lack of laborers and the absence of date festivals.
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Saudi dates exports up 37%
Saudi dates exports up 37%
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Saudi Crown Prince receives letter from Bahraini king about bilateral relations
- It is delivered by Bahrain’s ambassador to the Kingdom, Sheikh Ali Al-Khalifa, during a meeting in Riyadh with the deputy foreign minister, Waleed Al-Khuraiji
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a letter from King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain on Thursday about relations between their countries.
It was delivered by Bahrain’s ambassador to the Kingdom, Sheikh Ali Al-Khalifa, during a meeting with the deputy foreign minister, Waleed Al-Khuraiji, in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The minister and the ambassador reviewed Saudi-Bahraini relations and ways in which they might be strengthened and developed in all fields.
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