Iran has exported 390,000 tons of fresh dates, valued at $345 million, in the previous Iranian calendar year to late March, according to the head of the Iranian National Dates Association.
Iran imported 47% less sugar during the first 11 months of the last Iranian calendar year to late March compared to the same period of a year earlier.
Iran’s export of fishery and aquatic products during 11 months of the previous Iranian year (March 21, 2023 to February 22, 2024) registered a 15% growth in weight compared to the last year’s corresponding period, a deputy minister said.
Iran has plans to produce as much as 2.5 million tons of rice in the new calendar year which began on March 20, according to an official familiar with the matter.
Iran exports 200 tons of high-quality saffron overseas annually, according to someone familiar with the matter.
Iran’s export of food and agricultural products in the 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023) registered a 23-percent growth compared to the same period last year, an official said.
An official at Iran’s House of Industry, Mine and Trade said that the country exported $4.3 billion worth of food and agricultural products overseas in the nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to December 22, 2023).
The Iranian government has lifted its curbs on exports of dates from the country just ahead of the holy month of Ramadan when demand for dates soars in Muslim countries.
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has announced that Iran exported €92 million worth of pistachios to Europe in 2023, making it the second-largest pistachio exporter to the continent.
Ali Hosseini, a member of Iran’s National Saffron Council, says the country provides some 80 to 90 percent of the total world needs for saffron.