Iran continues to rapidly increase fruits and nuts exports to China

Fruits

Iran

China

Published May 22, 2021

Tridge summary

In the first four months of 2021, the export of Iranian fruits and nuts to China increased 2.4 times compared to the same period in 2020! Compared to 2019, the export of fruits and nuts from Iran to China has grown four and a half times! Pistachio remains Iran's main export position in China. Iran exported $ 179 million worth of pistachios to China from January to April 2021, adding $ 104 million to last year's export revenue for the same period.

Original content

At the same time, China as a whole has more than doubled the volume of imports of this type of nuts over the specified period, and pistachio has become the sixth largest import position of China in this category. Read also: According to the results of the current season, the world production of pistachios will increase by 40% However, the fastest growing Iranian exports to China in early 2021 were figs. Exports of Iranian figs to China increased exactly seven times over the period under review and reached $ 3.4 million. For the rest of the items, export volumes were insignificant. At the moment, Iran does not have access to the Chinese fresh fruit market - only to the dried fruit and nuts market. Otherwise, Iran's export volumes and export earnings in the Chinese market would be much more significant. In particular, EastFruit experts have already reported that this season Iran may surpass China and Poland in terms of fresh apple exports and lead the world ranking of the largest ...

Source: Eastfruit