Official statistics show that Saudi date production stands at 648,000 tons per annum. This production volume is equivalent to 14 percent of the world’s total date output, reported Al-Hayat . There are 18 million palm trees in Saudi Arabia, of which 12 million are date producing. In addition, there are 26 date manufacturing factories in six Saudi cities. — (menareport.com)
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