Iran’s Export of Agricultural, Food Products Up 19% in 5 Months
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the department of monitoring and foreign trade of Iran Rural Cooperatives Organization announced the 19% growth in the export of livestock, fisheries, agricultural and food products in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year.
Iran’s export of agricultural and food products from March 21 to August 22 registered a three and 19 percent hike in weight and value respectively compared to the same period of last year, Seyed Rouhollah Latifi added.
Of the total volume of products exported in this period, 2.860 million tons, valued at $1.680 billion, were exported to 15 neighboring states, he continued.
The neighboring countries’ share of Iran’s export of agricultural and food products stood at 90 and 80 percent in weight and value respectively in the first five months of the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21 to August 22, 2022), Latifi highlighted.
Iran exported 1.319 million tons of agricultural and food products to neighboring Iraq, valued at $729.607 million, meaning that Iraq was Iran’s first export market in this period.
