Iran: Watermelon export stands at $128m in 6 months

Published 2024년 10월 11일

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In the first half of the current Iranian calendar year, Iran saw a 26% increase in the export value of its agricultural products, reaching $128 million, primarily from watermelon exports. The total weight of these exports also increased by 20% year on year, amounting to 3.2 million tons. The total value of Iran's exports, including agricultural and foodstuff products, was $1.7 billion. Iraq was the main importer of Iran's agro-food products, followed by the UAE and Russia. The total foreign trade value, including oil and technical engineering services, was $153.17.8 billion in the previous year.

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TEHRAN- Iran exported $128 million of watermelons in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported. As the IRICA has reported, the value of Iran’s agricultural products export increased by 26 percent during the first half of this year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year. According to the IRICA report, the country exported 3.2 million tons of agricultural products worth $1.7 billion in the first half of the current year, also indicating 20 percent rise in terms of weight, year on year. The value of Iran’s exports of agricultural and foodstuff products increased by 22.5 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19), the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade has said. According to Ruhollah Latifi, Iranian producers managed to export about $6.3 billion worth of ...

Source: Tehrantimes