Import of fresh grapes to Saudi Arabia rises in 2016

Grapes import increased by 18.3% in 2016, according to statistics issued by United Nations Statistical Office. It's new all-time maximum since 1991 as grapes import rose from 53 076 000 kilogram to 62 790 704 kilogram, as it follows the tendency of the prior year when it went up by 20.35 percent. Saudi Arabia saw a growth of 131.99% in grapes import over the past 26 years. As well as it has attained a 0.1 percent compound average annual growth rate over the five years with a negligible overall raise since the start of observations. It averaged 33 940 189 kilogram from 1991 to 2016 and it hit its minimum of 23 472 000 kilogram in 2000.