Iran exports $52m of potato in 5 months

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s potato export reached $52 million during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported. As reported, potato was the fifth top exported agricultural item in the five-month period. As previously reported by the IRICA, the value of Iran’s agricultural products export increased by 33 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year. According to the IRICA report, the country exported 2.657 million tons of agricultural products worth $1.453 billion in the five-month period of this year, also indicating 22 percent rise in terms of weight year on year. Also as previously announced by the IRICA, Iran exported about 2.226 million tons of agricultural products valued at $1.18 billion in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21), registering an ...