Iran has exported some $137 million worth of pistachio to other countries during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21 – September 22), according to a recent report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
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.
Iran has stockpiled a roughly 10.5 million metric tons (mt) of different essential goods in last calendar year to late March, according to a deputy minister of agriculture.
Iran’s seafood exports has witnessed a 32% year-on-year growth both in terms of value and tonnage in the five months to August 22, according to a senior official with Iran Fisheries Organization.
Iranian agricultural minister Mohammad Ali Nikbakht has said that the country has become self-sufficient in production of wheat and does not need it import the staple grain in the coming year.
The value of saffron exports from Iran has experienced a 52% growth in the five months to August 22, according to Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesman of the Iranian House of Industry, Mine and Trade’s Trade Development Commission.
Iran exported around 16,000 metric tons (mt) of various types of pistachio nuts valued at $110 million to 44 countries during the first five months of the Iranian calendar year, with Russia accounting for 23% of the total exports.
Iran’s exports of food and agricultural products have registered a 19% year-on-year increase in the five months to August 22, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
The ministries of agriculture of Iran and India have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint committee on agriculture.
Iran’s ministry of agriculture says this year’s domestic wheat purchases have reached a milestone of 10 million metric tons (mt).