Iran's 5-month shrimp export exceeds $31.3m

Published 2024년 8월 27일

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Iran has experienced a significant increase in its fishery exports, with a 24% rise in value in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, reaching a value of $138 million from 68,000 tons of fishery products. The country's fishery exports exceeded $310 million in the last Iranian calendar year, with shrimp making up 32% of these exports. The United Arab Emirates, China, and Russia were the main destinations for these exports. The growth in the aquaculture industry has been facilitated by collaborations for creating a value chain for caged fish farming in the Caspian Sea region, and the production of a nanobubble generating machine that improves productivity in fish farming ponds, reducing electricity consumption by 70% and improving water quality.

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TEHRAN- As reported by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran exported shrimps valued at $31.3 million in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21). IRICA has reported that the value of Iran’s fishery export increased by 24 percent during the first five months of the present year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year. According to the IRICA report, the country exported 68,000 tons of fishery worth $138 million in the five-month period of this year, also indicating 32 percent rise in terms of year on year. Also as previously announced by the director general of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture’s Office of Quality Improvement, Processing, and Aquatic Market, the value of Iran’s fishery export increased by over 30 percent during the first quarter of this Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20), as compared to the same period of time in the past year. Mokhtari said that the country exported 73,369 ...

Source: Tehrantimes