Beth: The sales of Buraydah dates Carnival approached 3 billion, surpassing sales last year "two billion eight hundred million riyals" after swinging during the previous years between one billion and eight hundred million, and two billion riyals, and about the increase in sales, the executive director of Buraydah dates Carnival, Dr. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-naqidan, said that the increase in production rate due to the doubling of Palm numbers directly contributed to the increase in sales in addition to the efforts exerted by the concerned sectors, led by the emirate of Qassim region and the organization of the Ministry of Environment, Water and agriculture, through programs to support farmers, Palm care and the development of sales methods taking care of the quality of dates and knowing the international specifications and standards For export, all of them contributed to the quality of the product and, consequently, the high volume of sales.
Statistics issued by the branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and agriculture in Qassim region showed that the region hosts 12,327 farms with more than 11 million and 200 thousand palm trees producing more than 320 thousand tons annually. Despite the strength of sales and its continuous growth year after year, the Buraydah dates market is still promising. the fruit so far from the number of Palms is about 8 million palms and represents only about ( 75 ) percent of the number of Palms in the region, the market is promised to produce more than three million new Palms in the coming coming years and of high quality, as Qassim farms are racing to obtain the Saudi dates mark granted by the National Center for palms and dates to entities that have met the technical and standard requirements for food safety to comply with the requirements of international markets, and this huge crop requires the entry of entities new investments and enabling leading companies to contribute to the realization of the Saudi Vision 2030 by boosting non-oil exports and making the kingdom the number one exporter of dates globally .