Iran has exported some $270 million worth of dates in the 10 months to January, an industry source has said.
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.
The head of the Cattlemen Association of Iran said the country is the 19th largest producer of raw milk in the world.
The grain production in Iran exceeded 23 million tons in 2023, registering a more than three-percent growth compared to a year earlier, according to the statistics of the US Department of Agriculture.
The commissioner of the pharmaceutical plants’ project of Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture said 150 tons of saffron were exported from the country in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023).
Iran’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ahmad Khani Norouzi said on Sunday that the county’s rice imports have decreased by 42% this year.
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.