Annual pistachio exports from Iran reached $1.0 billion

Published 2024년 6월 7일

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In the past year, Iran emerged as a significant player in the global pistachio market, exporting 120,000 tons and earning about $1.0 billion from its pistachio production of over 200,000 tons. The European Union (EU) received €92 million worth of these exports, marking a 17% decrease from the previous year. Despite this, Germany emerged as the leading EU importer of Iranian pistachios. On a larger scale, the U.S. remained the top pistachio exporter to the EU, experiencing a slight decline, while Turkey rounded out the top three exporters. The article also highlights the challenges posed by water scarcity and climate change to pistachio production in Iran, noting that over 85% of the country is now classified as arid or semi-arid, leading to increased reliance on groundwater.

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TEHRAN- Iran exported 120,000 tons of pistachios worth about $1.0 billion to various countries during the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), an official with the Iran Pistachio Association said. Jalil Karbakhsh said last year over 200,000 tons of pistachio were produced in the country of which about 120,000 tons were exported. Iran exported €92 million worth of pistachios to the European Union members in 2023, according to the data released by the European Union's statistics agency (Eurostat). Based on the mentioned data, Iran’s pistachio exports to Europe declined 17 percent compared to 2022 when the country had exported €111 million worth of the mentioned product to the union. Iran was the second biggest exporter of pistachios to Europe in 2023 after the U.S. Last year, Iran exported €65 million of pistachio nuts and €27 million of shelled pistachios to Europe. Iran's pistachio nut exports also decreased by only four percent, however, the export of shelled ...

Source: Tehrantimes