2.6m tons of rice output in Iran will meet 85% of demand

Published 2020년 12월 14일

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Iran has produced 2.6 million tons of rice on over 800,000 hectares of paddy fields, marking a 10.34% decrease from the previous year. The majority of this cultivation took place in the northern provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan, and 18% in the southern province of Khuzestan. Due to increased production costs and issues with importing forex, domestic prices for rice have risen, leaving a shortfall of 1.3 million tons against the country's annual demand of 3 million tons, which is met partly through imports from Pakistan, Thailand, India, the UAE, Turkey, and Iraq. The government is considering reducing customs duties on rice imports to prevent price hikes.

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EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 2.6 million tons of rice have been produced on more than 800,000 hectares of paddy fields across the country this year, showing a 10.34% decline compared with last year’s output, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s director general of Grains and Essential Goods Affairs Department. “Last year, due to high precipitation levels and favorable weather, more than 835,000 hectares went under rice cultivation, yielding close to 2.9 million tons of the grain,” Faramak Aziz-Karimi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.He added that 4 million tons of rice bran were produced this year.According to the official, annual domestic demand for rice currently stands at 3 million tons and this year 85% of this demand have been met by local farmers.The difference between domestic production and demand is imported from Pakistan, Thailand, India, the UAE, Turkey and Iraq.The official noted that 73% of rice cultivation took place in the three northern provinces of ...

Source: Eghtesadonline.com