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US may increase olive and pomegranate imports from Azerbaijan

22 May 2007 [13:42] - TODAY.AZ
In the future the United States can increase live and pomegranate imports from Azerbaijan, said W. Kirk Miller General Sales Manager Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

"Azerbaijan's having 9 [of 11] climate patterns [of the Earth] enables to export a variety of agricultural goods. There is not such a climate in the United States. I think we can increase olive and pomegranate imports from Azerbaijan," he noted.

He added that about 80 agriculture specialists and experts were sent to the US for training, APA reports.

He also said that there is good platform for production of industrial fertilizers and US firms can cooperate in this field.

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