Wine makers in Armenia met with Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapaetyan today, telling him that they expected to purchase 172 tons of grapes this year from producers, which is 14,000 tons more than last year.

Commercial enterprises have already begun to purchase stocks of tomatoes and peaches for reprocessing.

According to preliminary estimates, there is a demand for 60,000 tons of vegetables an 34,000 tons of fruit for processing.