The Kingdom's annual production of dates is expected to reach one million tons by next year, the head of the Saudi Date Palm Society has said. Waleed Al-Afaliq said the landmark figure was made possible by the Al-Ahsa region's production with its 30,000 holdings on an area of 10,000 hectares and its three million palms enabling the region to up its production in the coming period. The Kingdom is one of the world's largest producers of dates with 141,000 hectares and 21 million palms producing 884,000 tons of dates per year. The production and manufacturing of dates constitutes 13 percent of domestic product, Al
