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Dates, Fruit of Passion

World Date Production is about 5 million ton of fruit.  The date fruit, which is produced largely in the hot arid regions of Middle East and North Africa, is marketed all over the world as a high value confectionery or fruit, and remains an extremely important subsistence crop in most of the desert regions.  The following is a short narrative of the date harvesting, packinghouse management, and marketing aspects for selling the produce as whole or processed dates.

 

Product name

Arabic:                     Tamar

English:                   Dates, dried

German:                   Datteln, getrocknet

French:                   Dattes séchées

Spanish:                 Dátiles secados

Scientific:               Phoenix dactylifera

CN/HS number *:   0804 10 00

 

 (* EU Combined Nomenclature/Harmonized System) 

 

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Dates are the berry fruits of the date palm of the palm family (Palmae, Arecaceae), which may reach up to 25 m in height. The date palm is one of the oldest cultivated plants and is native to the area around the Arabic Gulf....More