Iran’s Export of Aquatics Up 40%: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s export of fishery products in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to June 22, 2024) registered more than 40 and 30 percent growth in weight and value respectively compared to the same period last year, an official said.
The director general of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture's Office of Quality Improvement, Processing, and Aquatic Market pointed out that the export of aquatics and fishery products significantly increased in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year.
Abbas Mokhtari added that more than 52,000 tons of fishery products, valued at $93.1 million, had been exported from the country between March 21 to June 22, 2023, Mehr news agency reported.
More than 73,000 tons of fishery products, valued at $121.4 million, were exported from the country in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to June 22, 2024), he continued.
Mokhtari also stated that 1,353 kg of quality caviar, valued at $721,000, were exported from the country in this period, showing a 41 percent growth compared to the same period last year.