TIRANA, October 26 /ATA/ Xara village, in Konispol, in the Southern part of Albania, leads the production of citrus in the country.
There are about 500 ha of cultivated land with different varieties of oranges, tangerines, lemons and citrus.
Of the 30,000 tons produced annually, 20,000 of them go for export.
The Export Centre in Vlora told ATA that, “500 tons of tangerines were exported during the 20 days of October 2021, in Kosovo, North Macedonia and Ukraine”.
There are expectations for a growing trend of tangerine exports in the coming weeks.
Farmers, local people, but also many other foreign guests, celebrate in mid-November, the tangerine harvest season, through various activities for children, visits to plantations and processing plants in the village, a fair with local produce, dances, traditional foods etc.
Tangerine Fest is a tradition in Konispol, as this place is well known for these types of products.
“Tangerine Festival” aims to promote local production of tangerines and this holiday is a concrete example that speaks of the success of production and exports of this product.
Xara has over 85 thousand citrus trees, of which 75 thousand are tangerines. In recent years, in the southern part of the country, there have been planted with citrus over 160 hectares of new land and today there are 269 farmers in the area who cultivate tangerines. /a.a/p.s./
