Efforts are underway in Iran to reach self-sufficiency in the production of cotton through increased support for farmers, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Iran exported agricultural and food products worth more than $4.3 billion to 130 countries during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 to December 21, 2023), an Iranian official has said.
As much as $235 million worth of aquatics has been exported from Iran in the eight calendar months to November 22, according to a report by Iran Fisheries Organization.
As much as 3.6 million metric tons (mt) of rice is annually consumed in Iran, according to a person with the knowledge of the matter.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its latest report said Iran was among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of exporting 11 agricultural products.
The secretary general of Iran’s fisheries Production and Trading Union said the country is exporting aquatics to more than 50 countries.
The head of Iran’s Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization said the country will become self-sufficient in the production of many strategic agricultural products in the next 10 years, IRIB reported.
The head of Iran’s National Dates Association Mohsen Rashid Farrokhi says the country’s annual output of dates stands at 1.3 million tons.
The European Union has imported €67 million of fresh Iranian pistachios in the first nine months of 2023, according to recent data by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat).
Iran has exported some 13,500 tons worth $60 million of shrimp in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21 – September 22), according to a person with the knowledge of the matter.