Tea

Iran’s ten-month tea imports fall 62%

The value of Iran’s tea import has declined 62 percent in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 20, 2024), as compared to the same period in the past year.

Trade

Iran’s tea output hits 13-year record

Iran has produced as much as 149,310 tons of tea in this crop year to set a 13-year record, according to the head of the Iranian Tea Organization.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran’s annual tea production up 42% YOY

Production of green tea leaves in Iran’s northern Gilan and Mazandaran provinces has increased by 42% this year, according to the head of the country’s tea organization.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran’s annual tea imports hit record $665 million

Iran’s annual tea imports hit an all-time record in the calendar year to late March, according to figures by the country’s customs administration (IRICA).

Agriculture and Environment

Iran exports tea to 20 countries

A total 3,376 tons of Iranian tea worth $3.28 million were exported to 20 countries in the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21), according to the executive manager of the Tea Factories Syndicate.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran’s annual tea exports up 77% to $28 million

Iran exported over 27,272 tons of tea leaves valued at $28 million in the previous Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), registering a 77 percent rise in value and a 68 percent increase in weight, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said.

Agriculture and Environment

Sri Lanka, Iran discuss future tea trade in wake of sanctions

Sri Lanka is likely to sign a deal with Iran to sell its famed tea over the next two years in exchange for the settlement of loans obtained for the purchase of oil, Sunday Times reports.

Trade