Atotal of 17,325 tons of shrimp were exported from Iran to China during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Oct. 22), registering a 360% rise compared with the corresponding period of last year when it reached 4,790 tons, an official with the Agriculture Ministry said.
Abbas Mokhtari added that shrimp exports to Russia registered a 5% rise to stand at 1,205 tons during the period from 1,145 tons in last year’s corresponding period, IRNA reported.
Data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show a total of 36,300 tons of shrimp were exported from Iran to 22 countries in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a record.
The volume of exports marked a 140% rise compared with the 10-year average (15,300 tons) and a 67% increase compared with the five-year average (21,750 tons), Seairan.com reported.
Aquatics Production and Trade Union of Iran announced on its website that 95% of last year’s overall exports were farmed shrimp.
Iran’s main export destinations during the period under review were China with 14,200 tons, the UAE with 11,200 tons and the Russian Federation with 4,150 tons. Other traditional customers of Iranian shrimp are Turkey, Iraq, Spain and France.
Iran is a major seafood producer in the region with trout, caviar and shrimp being its main exported products.
The southern Bushehr Province is Iran’s main farmed shrimp production hub.
Hormozgan, also in southern Iran, is another major producer.
A total of 140,000 tons of seafood worth $430 million were exported from Iran to 26 countries in the fiscal 2020-21.