According to statistics launched on Sunday, Iran has exported roughly $2.2 billion price of agricultural merchandise within the seven months of the present Iranian calendar 12 months (from March 21 to October 22, 2024), in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. It confirmed a rise of 28%.
According to IRICA statistics, shipments elevated by 16% from April to October, reaching 3.8 million tons.
According to knowledge, pistachios topped the checklist of Iranian agricultural exports with shipments price $614 million within the seven months to the top of October, a rise of 192% year-on-year.
IRICA introduced that from April to October, Iran’s export worth of tomatoes of assorted varieties reached $226 million, whereas the worth of watermelon shipments throughout the identical interval reached $139 million.
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Customs mentioned shipments of pepper rose 490% in seven months, marking the best year-on-year development in exports, whereas shipments of saffron, a staple of Iran’s agricultural exports, fell 51% over the interval. He added that he did. .
Iran has seen a big enhance in agricultural exports lately, due to extra beneficiant authorities assist for the agricultural sector and variations in crop costs between home and native markets.
Increased exports led to elevated exercise and employment in Iran’s agricultural sector, and on the identical time led to higher improvement of the nation’s rural areas.
Iran’s agricultural output reached 131 million tonnes from the top of the calendar 12 months to March 20, up from 110 million tonnes reported a 12 months earlier, in keeping with authorities statistics.
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