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Armenian mineral and spring water top export countries, 2016 Russia USA China United Arab Emirates Quantity (000 liters) 9365 1195 83.3 132 The above table shows top countries that Armenian mineral and spring water companies export their goods. It is clear Price (000 USD) 4875 891 78 56.4 that the vast majority of them export to Russia and then to USA. Overall spring and mineral water production in Armenia in 2016 (000 liters) Total production cost (000 USD) Total sales of goods (000 USD) Export to CIS countries (000 USD) Export to other countries (000 USD) In the table above, it is shown the overall production of spring and mineral water in Armenia, overall sales of the products and size of the exports. We see that great part of the exports goes to CIS countries and only a small part of it to Middle Eastern countries, China and USA. Unfortunately, sufficient safe potable water is not available everywhere in the world, including in the target markets for 80,356 24,654 23,900 5,292 1,094 Armenia in the scope of the project, either harmful chemical substances are found in the layers of earth which enter into water or it may be contaminated due to pathogenic micro-organisms. If such water is consumed, the body suffers from water born diseases. Due to this, it has become imperative to process and bottle safe potable water for the mankind in prevailing conditions. The demand for purified water becomes 8