Iran’s Export of Agricultural Products Rises in 2024: IRICA
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) revealed a 24 percent and a 28 percent growth in weight and value of the exports of agricultural products from the country in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2024).
More than 1 million tons of agricultural products, valued at $684 million, were exported from the country in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year, Mohammad Rezvanifar noted.
More than one million tons of agricultural products, valued at $536 million, had been exported from the country in the first two months of the previous year (March 21 to May 20, 2023), the IRICA chief added.
He went on to say that apples ($96.3 million), pistachios with shells ($74.1 million), watermelon ($83.7 million), tomatoes ($50.3 million) and greenhouse tomatoes ($44.7 million) were the main products exported from the country this year, IRIB reported.
A study of the export statistics in the first two months of the current year (March 21 to May 20, 2024) indicates that agricultural products have accounted for about 6.66 percent and 8.53 percent of the total exports of the country in weight and value respectively, Rezvanifar added.